9/5/2021- 10:41 p.m.
Coast Highway in Newport Beach was shut down in both directions shortly after 5 p.m., Monday, Sept. 6, snarling Labor Day beach traffic, after a single-vehicle crash, Newport Beach police said.
The driver, the sole occupant of the vehicle, was injured and was to be evacuated by helicopter, said police spokeswoman Heather Rangel. The car went “airborne,” CBS Los Angeles reported, leaving the road on the Bay Bridge and landing on the embankment on the inland side of the bridge.
It wasn’t immediately clear what led to the crash. The driver’s condition was not known Monday evening.
Eastbound lanes were reopened shortly before 7 p.m. The westbound lanes were expected to remain closed until 10 or 11 p.m.
