Teen held in Porsche crash

An Upland teen was recovering in the hospital Thursday, only hours after police said he drunkenly lost control of a Porsche in Costa Mesa, crashing it into an electrical box and flipping the car onto its roof near a 73 Toll Road onramp.

Costa Mesa authorities arrested Dominick Anthony McCoy, 18, on suspicion of driving under the influence Wednesday just before midnight after emergency personnel were able to cut him free from the Porsche police said he was driving.

According to police, about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday a witness called police to report a Porsche speeding southbound on Bear Street toward Paularino Avenue.

Firefighters arrived within minutes and used specialized rescue equipment to cut McCoy and his passenger, 38-year-old Dorothy Dunlap of Newport Beach, out. Both were rushed to Santa Ana’s Western Medical Center Trauma Center.

Dunlap suffered scrapes to her body.

McCoy had serious head injuries, police said. They booked him on suspicion of DUI and left him with medical personnel to recover.

Court records show that McCoy had two traffic-related tickets in 2005.

When he was 14 years old he was cited for driving without a license and failure to stop and three months later, when he was 15, he was cited again for failure to stop.

Reporter JOSEPH SERNA may be reached at (714) 966-4619 or at [email protected].