CORONA DEL MAR TODAY

Driver Crashes Into Car, Home; Arrested for DUI

A 20-year-old Trabuco Canyon man was arrested Monday night crashing into a parked car in the Corona Highlands neighborhood.

The man was driving a Lexus about 8 p.m. when it hit a parked vehicle in the 400 block of De Sola Terrace, said Kathy Lowe, a Newport Beach Police Department spokeswoman. The force of the crash sent the parked vehicle into a home, causing structural damage. No one inside the home was injured, and two people inside the Lexus declined treatment or transport to a hospital, said Jennifer Schulz, a spokeswoman for the Newport Beach Fire Department.

The crash caused about $5,000 to $6,000 in damage to the home, Schulz said. The home is on the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, and this morning, a wooden beam was in place to prop the garage door, and broken stones were piled up.

“I believe the firefighters determined there was minor structural damage to the home, so they assisted in shoring up the home and released the property to the owner,” Schulz said. “If there was more moderate damage, our fire inspector or a building inspector would be called, but wasn’t determined to be needed on this incident.”