Wrong-way crash on 73 Toll Road near Irvine sends 5 people to hospital – Orange County Register

Five people, including two young children, were hospitalized after a crash early Sunday, Oct. 6, on Toll Road 73 near Irvine involving a wrong-way driver who was suspected of driving drunk, authorities said with.

The collision occurred around midnight when the driver of a Toyota Camry was traveling south on the toll road north of Campus Drive and struck a Lincoln MKZ. Two young children and their mother were hospitalized with serious injuries, along with the driver and passenger of the Lincoln MKZ, California Highway Patrol Officer Alexander Stirling said.

The wrong-way driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, Stirling said.

It was unclear which car the mother and children were in. Further details about the crash were not available.