Young permit driver plunges off upper parking lot, passenger killed
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(KTLA) – Family members and loved ones are devastated after a tragic incident in Orange County, California, left a man dead and a young driver severely injured Monday afternoon.

The Laguna Beach Police Department said that crews were dispatched at around 4:14 p.m. after reports of a traffic collision on Coast Highway.

However, a preliminary investigation revealed that the crash did not originate on the highway but instead ended there, after the car plummeted about 40 feet down a nearby embankment.

According to police, the young permit driver, whose age or gender was not revealed, was driving in the upper parking lot of a supermarket with an adult male passenger when their vehicle breached a fence barrier and plunged over the edge of the structure.

Details are limited; officials did not immediately disclose what may have caused the driver to veer off the lot.

After falling from the structure, the vehicle continued down an embankment before landing upside down on the side of Coast Highway.

Police said the driver suffered “significant injuries” and was transported to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo for treatment.

“Tragically, an adult male passenger in the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene,” stated the department’s release. “The Laguna Beach Police Department extends its deepest condolences to the family and loved ones affected by this tragic incident.”

Police did not explicitly say whether the driver and passenger were family.

The cause of the deadly crash remains under investigation, and officials said additional details will be released as they become available.

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