Crime & Safety

SIG ALERT: Ortega Highway Closed As Car Strikes Pole

A car struck an AT&T fiber optic pole on the Ortega Highway, five miles from the I-5 in San Juan Capistrano.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA — A fiber optic pole is down and the Ortega Highway was closed as of 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, following a collision, according to California Highway Patrol. One occupant was in a black sedan that struck the pole, they said. The west bound lanes were blocked, but as of 4 p.m. eastbound traffic was slow but moving, according to CHP.

AT & T was reportedly sending workers to fix the downed pole.


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