A car slammed into construction equipment along Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach early Thursday, May 12, killing its three occupants and injuring three workers.

The collision happened along the 3000 block of PCH at about 12:45 a.m. Newport Beach police said in a news release. A Tesla Model S was traveling west when it hit a curb, then crashed into equipment on the south side of the street, NBPD spokeswoman Heather Rangel said.

Responding officers found three people dead inside the totaled car.

Debris littered the ground around a large, damaged flatbed trailer that apparently came to rest blocking the road, as investigators surveyed the aftermath of the crash. A mangled bumper rested against the blade of a nearby bulldozer.

Newport Beach Police Department investigators are on the scene of a triple-fatal crash in the 3300 block of West Coast Highway in Newport Beach early Thursday morning, May 12, 2022. (Photos by Richard Koehler, contributing photographer)

Three construction workers were also hurt in the crash, police said. Their injuries were not considered life-threatening.

Further information about the crash was not immediately released. Nearby roads were shut down as officers investigated the scene.

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