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A Fallbrook man, who California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Eric Newbury says “wasn’t paying attention,” caused a three-car pileup in front of Live Oak Elementary School on Tuesday morning, October 6.

Abelino Gorostieta, 45, who was traveling eastbound in the 1900 block of Reche Road at about 7:15 a.m., evidently did not notice that the two vehicles ahead of him had slowed to a stop near the school’s entrance.

“Gorostieta was doing about 45 miles per hour in his Toyota Camry when he slammed into the vehicle ahead of him, causing that vehicle to hit the one waiting to turn in to...