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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Father killed in Laguna Beach crash while teaching his 15-year-old daughter how to drive, police say
He was trying to teach his daughter how to drive on Memorial Day when the lesson turned deadly. James Politoski, 64, of Laguna Beach was teaching his 15-year-old daughter how to drive Monday around 2:43 p.m. when she drove from the upper parking lot of a Gelson's Market, breached the fence, and continued down an embankment to the Coast Highway near Wesley Drive and Montage Resort Drive, according to the Laguna Beach Police Department. The teenager was significantly injured and hospitalized at Mission Viejo, according to authorities. Politoski was pronounced dead at the scene. Additional details weren't available. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
27-05-2025
- Los Angeles Times
Father killed in Laguna Beach crash while teaching his 15-year-old daughter how to drive, police say
He was trying to teach his daughter how to drive on Memorial Day when the lesson turned deadly. James Politoski, 64, of Laguna Beach was teaching his 15-year-old daughter how to drive Monday around 2:43 p.m. when she drove from the upper parking lot of a Gelson's Market, breached the fence, and continued down an embankment to the Coast Highway near Wesley Drive and Montage Resort Drive, according to the Laguna Beach Police Department. The teenager was significantly injured and hospitalized at Mission Viejo, according to authorities. Politoski was pronounced dead at the scene. Additional details weren't available.
