A man was fatally injured and his teenage daughter seriously injured when their car rolled through a fence out of a grocery store parking lot and down an embankment to Coast Highway below, authorities said.
The teenager, who had a driver’s permit, was out on a driving lesson with her father in the parking lot of a Gelson’s market, between Wesley Drive and Montage Resort Drive, just before 2:45 p.m. Monday, May 26, when the car when through a fence and rolled down the embankment, police said.
The man was a 64-year-old resident of Laguna Beach.
The sedan ended up upside down on the sidewalk of Coast Highway.
The teenager was taken to Mission Hospital, police said.
“It’s a tragic incident,” Laguna Beach police Lt. Jesse Schmidt said. “The community is shaken by this because someone lost their life by being a good parent.”
On Tuesday, police were continuing their investigation.
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