One Killed After Car Explodes in Wrong-Way Crash
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 9/15/24 9:26 p.m.
LOCATION: SB 73 Freeway JNO Jamboree Road
AREA/CITY: Newport Beach
DETAILS:
- NEWPORT BEACH – The driver of a wrong-way SUV was killed when it
collided head-on into a sedan while northbound in southbound lanes of the
Authorities said today that the Corona del Mar (73) Freeway is in Newport Beach.
The California Highway Patrol started getting calls at 9:26 p.m.
Sunday about the vehicle moving northbound in the southbound fast lane at a
high rate of speed, according to its online log.
The head-on collision was reported at 9:30 p.m. just north of
Macarthur Boulevard. A witness told the CHP a vehicle exploded and was in
flames.
A news videographer said a CHP sergeant at the scene explained the
the driver of the wrong-way Range Rover was killed, and the driver of an electric
BMW sedan was injured.
The Orange County coroner’s office was summoned to the scene at 10:05 p.m.
Debris was strewn across all southbound lanes, which were shut down
and traffic was diverted off the freeway at Campus Drive.
HANDLING AGENCIES: Orange County Sheriff’s Department Coroner, CHP Santa Ana, Newport Beach FD
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