Calif. ER Doctor Was Hit by Car While Cycling, Then Allegedly Stabbed to Death by Driver in Daytime Attack
Dr. Michael Mammone.Photo: Providence Mission Hospital Dr. Michael J. Mammone, 58, was traveling along the Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point around 3 p.m. on Feb. 1 when a driver struck him from behind, according to apress releasefrom the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The driver, identified as Vanroy E. Smith, 39, then allegedly got out of his vehicle with a knife and began stabbing Mammone, a physician at Providence Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach....