One person was killed in a fiery single-car crash in Newport Beach Friday.
Newport Beach Police Department responded to a crash on Back Bay Road, 1 mile from San Joaquin Hills Road, at 12:33 a.m. and found an overturned Tesla Model Y fully engulfed in flames.
The Newport Beach Fire Department responded and firefighters worked for more than an hour to extinguish the flames, Newport Beach PD said. When the fire was out, authorities found a person dead inside the car.
“At this time, investigators believe the vehicle was traveling eastbound on Back Bay Road at a high rate of speed when it left the roadway, landing on its roof and catching on fire,” Newport Beach PD said.
Newport Beach Police Department patrol car. (Newport Beach PD)
It is unknown at this time if the driver was impaired at the time of the crash. Authorities have not publicly identified the person killed in the crash at this time.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Sgt. Sabrina Fabbri by emailing him at sfabbri@nbpd.org.
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