Crime & Safety

Truck Crashes Into Laguna Niguel Guardrail In Fatal Collision: OCSD

The man was driving a 2002 Ford Ranger north on Camino Capistrano when he crashed into a concrete guardrail, OCSD said.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA — A man was killed in a fiery crash in Laguna Niguel, authorities said Wednesday.

The crash was reported at just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 27400 block of Camino Capistrano, according to Lt. Nathan Wilson of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

The man was driving a 2002 Ford Ranger north on Camino Capistrano when he crashed into a concrete guard rail, Wilson said.

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The vehicle caught fire while the man was trapped inside and he died at the scene.

"He was overcome by the fire and perished in the vehicle," Wilson told City News Service.

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The name of the driver was withheld and the cause of the crash was under investigation.

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