DUI suspected following multi-vehicle crash in Costa Mesa

Police arrested a man suspected of driving in the wrong direction while intoxicated and initiating a multi-vehicle collision in Costa Mesa that sent several people to the hospital Monday, July 27.
The crash happened at about 10:48 a.m., Costa Mesa Police Department spokeswoman Roxi Fyad said. A motorist was seen headed south in northbound lanes of Newport Boulevard, near 19th Street, before the driver’s vehicle collided with at least six other vehicles.
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