Police Files

Police seeking help with info on vehicle involved in collision fatality

Courtesy of NBPD

On Saturday, Oct. 2, at approximately 7:39 p.m., the Newport Beach Police Department responded to a fatal traffic collision in the area of MacArthur Boulevard and Bison Avenue.

The NBPD is seeking the public’s assistance with their investigation of this incident as well as any activities leading up to the collision. Anyone with information regarding the vehicle depicted in the photographs or its occupants are encouraged to contact Officer Laverty at 949.644.3746 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The vehicle is reportedly a 2016 Toyota Tundra Crew-Cab, with a lifted suspension and a blue Nevada personalized license plate, along with an L.A. Chargers lightening logo in the rear cab window.

No identification has been released concerning the victim of the fatality.

NBPD receives grant to deter dangerous and illegal driving behaviors

The Newport Beach Police Department will roll out a traffic services program to deter dangerous and illegal driving behaviors that increase the risk of crashes in the community, courtesy of a $270,000 grant from the Office of Traffic Safety.

“Impairment, speeding and other dangerous driving behaviors jeopardize the safety of other people on the road,” Newport Beach Police Lieutenant Ryan Peters said. “This funding allows us to provide necessary traffic enforcement measures with the goal of reducing serious injury and fatal crashes on our roads.” 

The grant will pay for additional enforcement measures, including:

–DUI checkpoints and patrols specifically focused on suspected impaired drivers.

–Enforcement operations focused on suspected distracted drivers in violation of California’s hands-free cell phone law.

–Bicycle and pedestrian safety enforcement operations focused on driver behaviors that put vulnerable road users at risk.

–Enforcement operations focused on top violations that cause crashes: speeding, failure to yield, stop sign and/or red-light running and improper turning or lane changes.

–Community education presentations on traffic safety issues such as distracted driving, DUI, speeding, and bicycle and pedestrian safety.

–Collaborative enforcement efforts with neighboring agencies.

–Officer training and/or recertification: Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST), Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).

The grant program will run through September 2022.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.