Briefly in the News

-- Greg Risling

A 27-year-old woman walking to her car was injured Monday afternoon in

Corona del Mar when a motor home caused a chain-reaction accident among

parked vehicles, police said.

The woman suffered minor injuries to her legs when a parked truck was

propelled into her and her car, knocking her down. She was taken to

Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, where she was treated for

lacerations.

The accident occurred shortly after noon near the intersection of Iris

Avenue and East Coast Highway. Police said the driver of a 1978 Southwind

motor home locked up his brakes before the collision.

The driver claims he swerved to miss a car coming out of a parking spot.

The motor home, which was pulling a tractor, hit the truck that struck

the woman and her car.

The large vehicle also knocked over a palm tree and jumped the curb.

There were no other injuries.