BREAKING NEWS
A cement truck rolled over this morning at Pelican Hill Road and Newport Coast Drive, the fifth such accident in the area since July 2004.
The truck was heading south on Newport Coast Drive and rolled over at 9:57 a.m. during a right turn onto Pelican Hill Road North, Newport Beach Fire Department spokeswoman Jennifer Schulz said. The driver and passenger in a pickup truck on Newport Coast Drive narrowly escaped injury by pulling forward at the last minute, Schulz said.
According to Newport Beach Fire Capt. Mike Ybarra, Schulz said, “If he hadn’t been paying attention and doing the right thing, and if he’d taken a couple of extra seconds, we could have had two fatalities.”
No one was injured.
Pelican Hill resident Richard Demirjian said the accident backed up traffic on Newport Coast Drive, leaving residents in three developments — Pelican Hill, Pelican Crest and Montecito — temporarily unable to exit.
In September 2005, the California Highway Patrol and Newport Beach police said they would beef up enforcement, and held safety inspections on large trucks at East Coast Highway and Newport Coast Drive.
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