One person dies, another taken to hospital after solo crash

One person died Tuesday evening after the truck the person was

driving crashed into a light pole on the right shoulder of the Corona

del Mar Freeway, California Highway Patrol officials said.

The accident happened at about 7:50 p.m. on the southbound Corona

del Mar Freeway near Bison Avenue when the driver of a blue Chevrolet

truck lost control of the vehicle, hit the pole and then crashed into

the guard rail, said CHP Officer Stacy Willits.

The overturned truck blocked the No. 3 lane and part of the guard

rail was protruding into the roadway, she said. Traffic was snarled

and a SigAlert was issued at 8:02 p.m.

The person who was driving the vehicle died and the condition of a

passenger in the truck was not known, Willits said. The passenger was

transported to a hospital, she said.

Willits said both the driver and the passenger were trapped in the

overturned truck and had to be extricated by Orange County Fire

Authority officials.

-- Deepa Bharath