Crime & Safety

VIDEO: Two Cars Crushed When Carport Collapses at Apartment Complex

A moving truck had run into the structure, compromising it.

A moving truck crashed into a carport in Mission Viejo today, causing the structure to collapse onto five cars but injuring no one, authorities said.

It happened at 5 p.m. at the Vista Real Apartments at 27260 Los Altos, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.

Two of the cars were crushed, according to the OCFA.

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"Our new neighbors did a special entrance today," said witness Daniel Orozco.  

A building inspector was summoned to the scene, the fire authority reported.

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--City News Service

Patch Senior Local Editor Penny Arévalo contributed to this report.


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