Traffic & Transit
PCH Reopens After Malibu Crash That Hospitalized 3
All lanes of Pacific Coast Highway were shut down Sunday evening after the crash.
MALIBU, CA — Pacific Coast Highway reopened in Malibu Monday after a car crashed into two parked vehicles and flipped over, leaving three people hospitalized, authorities said.
The crash was reported at 8:23 p.m. Sunday on PCH at Zuma Beach, Lt. K. Mendoza of the Malibu-Lost Hills Sheriff's Station said.
The car plowed into two parked cars and each vehicle had at least one person inside, Mendoza said.
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The preliminary assessment was that "speed was a factor," she said.
Two patients were airlifted to hospitals and one was taken to a hospital by a ground ambulance, Los Angeles County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman said.
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All lanes of PCH were shut down.
Pacific Coast Highway was reopened about 11:10 p.m., Sgt. B. Bunch of the Malibu sheriff's station said.
City News Service contributed to this post.
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