Laguna Beach father killed in overturn crash during 15-year-old daughter's driving lesson

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (CNS) -- A 64-year-old man was killed in a crash earlier this week during his teenage daughter's driving lesson in Laguna Beach.

The victim was identified Tuesday as James Politoski of Laguna Beach, according to the coroner division of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Politoski was in the passenger seat of a car just before 4:15 p.m. Monday when it crashed through a fence in the upper parking lot of the now-shuttered Gelson's Market in the area of Pacific Coast Highway, between Wesley Drive and Montage Resort Drive, according to the Laguna Beach Police Department. The vehicle continued down an embankment before coming to a stop on Coast Highway, police said.

The man's 15-year-old daughter, who had a driver's permit, was behind the wheel and sustained significant injuries, police said. She was taken to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, where she remained Tuesday but was expected to survive, according to police.

Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the location of the crash site.