Crime & Safety
Elderly Woman Crashes Car Into Vacant CDM Home, No Injuries Reported
Two cars were involved in the car accident. Officials say one car veered off the road and into the bedroom of an empty single-story home.
A traffic accident in Corona del Mar today caused an elderly woman to crash her Mercedes into a vacant home, but no one was injured, a police official reported.
Police received a call about 10:30 a.m. regarding an injury traffic collision at a home in the 700 block of Iris Avenue, said Kathy Lowe, spokeswoman for the Newport Beach Police Department.
"The initial investigation indicates that a traffic collision occurred in the intersection of Fourth and Iris which involved a white Honda Element and a Mercedes," Lowe said. "The driver of the Mercedes then drove off the roadway and down a slight embankment, colliding with the home at 700 Iris."
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The driver of the Mercedes, who witnesses said was an elderly woman, was uninjured. The house suffered structural damage, Lowe said. The Newport Beach Fire Department assisted in removing the vehicle from the home.
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