Laguna Beach police are trying to locate a wrong-way hit-and-run driver who allegedly struck an off-duty Orange County Firefighter at 12:55 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 at Brooks Street and South Coast Highway, Lt. Jason Kravetz said.
Witnesses told officers that the victim was crossing South Coast Highway, in a marked crosswalk, when a vehicle traveling southbound in a northbound lane struck him.
The victim, Luke Perisin, 38, of Dana Point, was thrown approximately 50 feet before landing in the roadway. Perisin is in Mission Hospital with numerous broken bones and severe head injuries, but is stable and expected to survive, Kravetz said Wednesday.