A 71-year-old Corona del Mar man crossing the street with another person was struck by a car and killed in a Newport Beach pedestrian accident, according to a news report.
Newport Beach police said that Ghorbanali Norouzian and another unidentified pedestrian were crossing San Joaquin Hills Road between MacArthur Boulevard and San Miguel Road when they were struck by a 2005 black Porsche Carrera traveling east on San Joaquin Hills Rd. Norouzian was taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, where he was pronounced dead. The other pedestrian was uninjured.
The Porsche driver – a 58-year-old Newport Beach man – was not injured in the fatal pedestrian accident, and stayed at the scene to talk with police. Authorities are asking anyone who witnessed the accident to call the Newport Beach Police Department at 949-644-3711.
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