Boy suffers injuries in collision A 7-year-old...

Boy suffers injuries in collision

A 7-year-old boy was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon

after a car collided with him on Wallace Avenue.

The boy was taken by ambulance to the trauma center at Western

Medical Center, said Costa Mesa Senior Motor Officer Jose Torres. His

injuries appeared to be serious but not life-threatening, Torres

said.

The boy was walking north with his father on the east sidewalk of

Wallace Avenue between 19th and 20th streets, police said. For an

unknown reason, the boy ran across to the opposite side of the

street.

When the father urged him to come back to the other side, the boy

darted across the street, Torres said. A red Saturn struck him as he

crossed.

The driver was obeying the 25-mph speed limit, according to

witnesses, Torres said. If she had not been, his injuries would have

been more serious.

Police do not plan to press charges against the driver because the

child was at fault. Because of his age, he won’t be charged either,

Torres said.

Spill closes stretches of beaches

A sewage spill in the Santa Ana River closed beaches in Newport

Beach and Huntington Beach Saturday afternoon.

The ocean water area from 52nd Street to the river in Newport

Beach was closed, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency

website. The spill also closed Huntington State Beach from the river

to Magnolia Avenue.

For the latest information on closures, go to

https://www.ocbeachinfo.com/beach.htm or call the Ocean and Bay

Closure Hotline at (714) 667-3752.