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Woman’s car drops from freeway

A 20-year-old woman suffered major injuries Wednesday morning

after her car dropped 33 feet from a slick freeway, California

Highway Patrol officials said.

Mandy Harris of Irvine was driving northbound on the Corona del

Mar Freeway at about 7:27 a.m. Wednesday when her car slid to the

right in the heavy downpour, officials said. The vehicle went along

the top of a bridge railing for about 107 feet before rotating over

the top and dropping about 33 feet, coming to rest on MacArthur

Boulevard.

Harris was transported to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana.

Officials said she was traveling at about 65 mph at the time of the

crash.

JWA opens roads after alert lowered

John Wayne Airport reopened all access roads into the airport’s

terminal roadway system Thursday morning after the alert level issued

by the Homeland Security Department came down from a high orange to a

lower yellow.

On Feb. 20, officials closed the Michelson Drive entrance into the

airport and on Feb. 21 closed the direct access road from the San

Diego Freeway. Vehicles coming into the airport had to take either

Campus Drive or the Costa Mesa Freeway offramp.

The airport is also closing down security checkpoints where

vehicles coming into the airport were randomly inspected.

Vehicles entering the parking lots are still subject to search.

For more information, visit www.ocair.com, or call (949) 252-5200.