Fatal Head-on Crash Corona del Mar 73 Freeway
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (Sept. 17, 2024) – A wrong-way driver died in a head-on crash Sunday night on the Corona del Mar 73 Freeway, north of MacArthur Boulevard in Newport Beach.
The driver in a Land Rover SUV was traveling in the wrong direction when it crashed into an electric BMW sedan at 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 15th, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The motorist was traveling at a high rate of speed in a northbound direction while in the southbound lanes of the 73 Freeway.
Just minutes before the crash, several 911 calls alerted CHP dispatchers to the wrong-way motorist who was driving in the fast lane of the freeway.
Police and paramedics responded and found the vehicle engulfed in flames after it exploded upon impact with the electric vehicle.
The unidentified wrong-way driver died at the scene and the BMW’s driver was injured and transported to a hospital with minor to moderate injuries.
Investigators are working on the case and tow trucks removed the vehicles and debris that was scattered across the freeway.
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