Speeding Driver Crashes Into Historic Fountain in Southern California

Speeding driver crashes into historic fountain in Southern California

Early Sunday morning, surveillance footage captured a violent crash at the heart of Orange’s historic Plaza Park. A speeding driver failed to navigate the turn at Orange Circle, plowing through bushes, benches, and barriers before scraping the side of the iconic fountain at the center. Witnesses said a group of men had just left the area where the car came to rest, leaving behind a mangled vehicle. The driver survived and was arrested on suspici…

Historic fountain in Old Towne Orange damaged – again – by suspected DUI driver

A suspected drunken driver drove right through the roundabout circling historic Orange Plaza Park and its iconic fountain in Old Towne Orange on Sunday morning, the latest of several crashes in recent years. The driver was headed eastbound when, instead of turning into the roundabout, he continued straight into the little park, said Orange Police Department Lt. Phil McMullin. The driver crashed through a metal chain barrier, took out a bench and…

Speeding driver misjudges things while running from the cops, plunges BMW into historic Orange Co fountain

Sven Piper via iStockThis Orange County fountain, despite its history and community reverence, can’t catch a break. Its most recent issue? A possibly drunk driver crashed his BMW into it while attempting to get away from the police. But this isn’t even the first time the Plaza Park fountain has been on the receiving end of some vehicular carnage.  A police pursuit ended with a BMW driver slamming his car into a historic fountain There is a circl…

Suspected DUI driver crashes through the Orange Circle and damages the historic fountain - New Santa Ana

The unlucky historic fountain in Old Towne Orange was damaged yet again by another DUI driver who slammed into it early on Sunday morning. The DUI driver tried to race through the Orange Circle, which surrounds the fountain, losing control and then ramming through bushes, benches, and barriers before scraping the side of the fountain. The DUI driver was trying to go east through the Orange Circle but he failed to turn, plowing straight into the …