5 cars crash in Costa Mesa
It was one of those rare traffic accidents that could actually be
labeled “comical,” Costa Mesa Fire Captain Lenny Goodsir said about a
five-car crash Friday evening that left cleanup crews mopping about
20 gallons of white paint off the streets.
“Thankfully, no one got hurt,” he said.
The crash was caused by the driver of a pickup truck who ran a red
light at about 5:45 p.m., Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Scott May said.
The truck was going eastbound on 18th Street and hit a car
traveling southbound on Placentia Avenue, he said. One other truck
and two more cars that were stopped at the intersection were also
involved in the crash.
“The driver of the truck fled the scene,” May said. “So we’re
treating it as a hit-and-run.”
But the so-called comedy of the situation had to do with the white
paint that was splashed all over the intersection, on the cars and
even on passing vehicles and bystanders.
“We got there to see paint splashed around everywhere,” Goodsir
said. “And there were all these people covered in white paint that
looked like ghosts.”
-- Deepa Bharath
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