Costa Mesa firefighters and police officers and Newport Beach firefighters are on scene at an accident involving a Mercedes and a semi on Saturday, at West 17th Street and Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Richard Koehler, Contributing Photographer)

Costa Mesa firefighters and police officers and Newport Beach firefighters are on scene at an accident involving a Mercedes and a semi on Saturday, at West 17th Street and Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Richard Koehler, Contributing Photographer)

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Costa Mesa firefighters and police officers and Newport Beach firefighters are on scene at an accident involving a Mercedes and a semi on Saturday, at West 17th Street and Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Richard Koehler, Contributing Photographer)

Costa Mesa firefighters and police officers and Newport Beach firefighters are on scene at an accident involving a Mercedes and a semi on Saturday, at West 17th Street and Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Richard Koehler, Contributing Photographer)

Costa Mesa paramedics check out the driver of a Mercedes who was involved in an accident with a tractor trailer on West 17th Street and Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa Saturday. The driver was rescued by firefighters. Costa Mesa Police officers are investigating the accident. (Photo by Richard Koehler, Contributing Photographer)



Tow truck operators work to figure our how to get a truck off a Mercedes at the scene of a car vs. tractor trailer accident on West 17th Street and Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa Saturday, The driver had to be rescued by firefighters. Costa Mesa Police officers are investigating the accident. (Photo by Richard Koehler, Contributing Photographer)

Costa Mesa paramedics check out the driver of a Mercedes that was involved in an accident with a tractor trailer on West 17th Street and Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa Saturday. The driver was rescued by firefighters. Costa Mesa Police officers are investigating the accident. (Photo by Richard Koehler, Contributing Photographer)

A 59-year-old man was arrested Saturday afternoon, April 8, after trying to pass the right side of a semi-truck making a right turn — and getting his Mercedes partially lodged under the truck’s trailer, police said.

Brian Elden, 59, of Costa Mesa was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, said Roxi Fyad, spokeswoman for the Costa Mesa Police Department.

Neither Elden nor the truck driver were injured.

The tractor-trailer was traveling north on Placentia Avenue around 12:15 p.m. Saturday and tried to turn right onto 17th Street. Elden tried pass the truck on the right and swiped it, Fyad said.

Photos of the crash show the silver Mercedes sedan wedged between the trailer on the left and the sidewalk on the right – partially tilted in the air.

Police are investigating.