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A local woman was killed Wednesday after a speeding vehicle driving in the wrong direction on the 73 toll road struck her vehicle in a head-on collision, authorities reported. A silver Mercedes was reportedly driving south in the northbound lanes of the highway at speeds of up to...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the Newport Beach Independent during 2018. This week, January through June. Next week will cover the top news stories of the second half of the year. (click on the text to see original story)...

On Wednesday, at 8:43 a.m., the Newport Beach Fire Department responded to a heavy rescue traffic collision at the intersection of Riverside Avenue and West Coast Highway. Upon arrival, firefighters found one car on top of another with possible trapped patients, NBPD Spokesman...

Four people were injured Monday in a single-vehicle traffic collision on University Drive, near MacArthur Boulevard, according to authorities.   Newport Beach fire and police were dispatched to the collision near University of California, Irvine, at 6:39 a.m., officials explained...

A motorcyclist died over the weekend after a two-vehicle collision in Newport Beach, according to authorities. Todd Anthony Davis Jr., 26, of Costa Mesa, was identified as the motorcyclist, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Department coroner’s office. At 10:11 am Saturday,...

By Christopher Trela and Sara Hall At least three people died as the result of a helicopter crashing into a Newport Beach home Tuesday afternoon, according to officials. Joseph Anthony Tena, 60, of Newport Beach, Kimberly Lynne Watzman, 45, of Santa Monica, and Brian R. Reichelt,...

News from around Newport Beach   Community Activist Loses Defamation Suit Against Councilwoman, City Community activist Mike Glenn lost his defamation suit against the city of Newport Beach this week, with the court ruling the statement in question as protected speech. Filed...

A woman was critically injured after she lost control of her vehicle and hit a light pole on Jamboree Road this week, authorities reported. The Newport Beach Police Department received a call at 12:38 a.m. on Dec. 1, about a a traffic collision near the intersection of Jamboree...

A woman died Tuesday evening after the vehicle she was driving hit a light pole near San Miguel and Pacific View drives, according to authorities. At 8:49 p.m., the Newport Beach Police Department was notified of a single-vehicle traffic collision near the intersection, NBPD...

A Buena Park man was arrested this week after hitting a pedestrian while driving on West Coast Highway in West Newport. The Newport Beach Police Department was notified of a “major injury traffic collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian” on PCH near 61st Street at 4:48 p.m....

An elderly man was transported to the hospital this week after being hit by a vehicle on the Balboa Peninsula, according to authorities. Newport Beach Police Department dispatch center was notified of a traffic collision at the intersection of W. Balboa Boulevard and 7th Street...

News from the community.   Motorcyclist Seriously Injured in Crash on PCH A motorcyclist suffered major injuries after colliding with a vehicle on West Coast Highway over the weekend, Newport Beach Police Department reported in a community message released on Tuesday. Police...

A woman had to be cut out of her minivan after a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of San Joaquin Hills and Spyglass Hill roads on Tuesday afternoon, officials reported. Newport Beach Police Department received a call at 1:59 p.m. reporting the accident, NBPD spokeswoman...

A Newport Beach Police Department officer was injured over the weekend in a single vehicle collision with a tree, authorities reported. Police received a call around 2:14 p.m. Sunday about an accident on Jamboree Road, near the San Joaquin Hills Road intersection, according to...

The cyclist who was killed last weekend after hitting a parked vehicle in Corona del Mar may have been distracted by his cell phone, according to police. Jonathan Wilson, 23, of Costa Mesa (recently relocated from Newport Beach), died Sunday after the electric bicycle he was...

News in Newport Beach   Driver Killed in Jamboree Crash ID’d Authorities have identified the male driver that was killed in a single-vehicle rollover traffic collision this week. Trent Morris, 22, of Wildomar died at 12:21 p.m., according to the Orange County Sheriff’s...

Authorities have charged the driver suspected of striking and killing a bicyclist on East Coast Highway over the weekend with murder, hit and run, and drug possession . Neil Storm Stephany, 23, of Huntington Beach, was arrested after police located and identified him as the...

By Andrea Adelson | NB Indy   For his own safety, former Olympic cyclist and bike shop owner Paul Deem would rather cycle through the stop-and-go traffic of downtown Los Angeles than the wide-open roadways of Orange County, where motorists expect to accelerate to highway...

Jogger, Driver in PCH Collision ID’d A jogger was struck and killed on Coast Highway in Corona del Mar around 9:30 p.m. on June 12. The incident happened on a stretch of highway between Morning Canyon Road and Poppy Avenue. The driver of the vehicle, Robert John Greaney,...

An elderly woman died Thursday after the car she was driving hit with a tree on San Joaquin Hills Road, according to authorities. Thelma Robinson, 75, of Newport Coast died at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian around 10 a.m. on Thursday following the crash, according to the...