Five people were injured, two severely, in a two-car collision late Monday near Laguna Beach’s northern city limit and a 19-year-old driver was arrested for suspicion of felony drunk driving, traffic investigators said.
Two 19-year-old passengers suffered life-threatening injuries after being ejected from a car that veered across Coast Highway near El Morro Elementary, rode up onto the shoulder and overturned into oncoming lanes and a northbound vehicle, CHP spokesman Ray Scheidnes said Tuesday, Feb. 9.
Driver Kathia Isabel Rodriguez, of Fullerton, a 10-year-old passenger both suffered minor injuries in the 9:10 collision, Scheidnes said.
The 56-year-old passengerlate Monday, Feb. 8 in the car that collided with Rodriguez also suffered moderate injuries, a CHP statement says.
Investigators have yet to determine why Rodriguez lost control of a 2004 Ford traveling southbound on Coast Highway about 9:30 p.m.
The CHP issued an appeal to witnesses who might be able to assist in the inquiry.
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