Crime & Safety
Wrong-Way Driver Killed In Fiery Toll Road Crash
The crash was reported at 9:30 p.m. Sunday on the 73 Toll Road in Newport Beach, authorities said.
NEWPORT BEACH, CA — A wrong-way driver died Sunday night in a fiery crash with another car in Newport Beach, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The crash was reported at 9:30 p.m. on the southbound Highway 73 toll road near MacArthur Boulevard in Newport Beach, authorities said.
Authorities said witnesses reported the wrong-way driver driving at a high rate of speed before crashing into a BMW head-on.
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Burned wreckage was scattered across several lanes of the toll road, NBC Los Angeles reported.
The BMW driver was hospitalized while the wrong-way driver died at the scene, according to the CHP.
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The hospitalized driver’s condition was not immediately known.
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