Crime & Safety

Solo Crash Mangles Car, Injures 1 In RSM: Police

The crash hospitalized at least one person after it was reported Tuesday afternoon, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.

A solo car crash hospitalized at least one person in Rancho Santa Margarita Tuesday.
A solo car crash hospitalized at least one person in Rancho Santa Margarita Tuesday. (Orange County Sheriff's Department Courtesy Photo)

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA — A solo car crash hospitalized one person in Rancho Santa Margarita Tuesday.

The crash was reported at around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday on Santa Margarita Parkway, in between Alicia Parkway and Melinda Road, authorities said.

The crash prompted authorities to block off the entire road while one person was moved to the hospital. Their condition was not known.

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Santa Margarita Parkway was reopened later that Wednesday. Information involving the circumstances leading up to the crash were not immediately available.

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