A car crash that left the driver dead, caused a brush fire off Interstate 5 in the San Diego neighborhood of Palm City Sunday morning just north of the Palm Avenue interchange. The automobile was traveling south on the Interstate 5 when it drifted off the freeway, went down an embankment and struck a tree at around 6:00am.
No one saw the accident, but passersby noticed the brush fire near a Home Depot and contacted authorities. The Medical Examiners Office has not released any information about the wrongful death victim yet. After causing the freeway to close for over 2 hours, it reopened to traffic at 8:30 a.m. when the fire was extinguished.
The victim of a pedestrian accident died after she was hit by a SUV in Pacific Beach, CA. The victim has been identified as a woman between the ages of 40 and 60 years old. The San Diego Medical Examiners office has not yet released the name of the wrongful death victim.
A witness of the accident said the victim was crossing the Grand Avenue intersection near Mission Bay Drive at around 8:00 p.m. The vehicle that struck her was a Nissan Armada. The driver of the SUV that hit her stopped immediately after the accident, and called the San Diego Police. The woman was taken to the hospital with major head injuries, where she later died from these injuries.
A pedestrian was involved in a auto accident when he was hit by a small pickup truck in Escondido and suffered fatal injuries from the accident. The name of the 53-year-old victim, who lived with his family in Escondido, has not been released. The pedestrian accident victim was hit by a Ford Ranger truck on Escondido Boulevard south of Vermont Avenue about 8:15 p.m. on Thursday.
The injury victim was taken to a hospital, where he died Sunday. San Diego Police said it was unclear if the pedestrian was trying to cross the street or was standing in the road. The 19-year-old man who was driving was not arrested.
A man who may have been riding his bike against traffic was run over by three different automobiles and died Thursday morning in Clairemont near Interstate 805. The wrongful death vicitm was struck in the eastbound lanes of Balboa Avenue at approximately 7:00am.
The county Medical Examiner’s Office said the bicyclist carried no identification but appeared to be a man in his 30s. The bicycle accident victim ended up lying on the roadway directly in front of the second car several yards away from his mangled bicycle. He had been wearing a helmet. No more information on the victims identification has been released.
A man riding his motorcycle was killed in a traffic collision involving three vehicles Sunday. The motorcyclist’s name has not been released, but he has been identified as a male from Carlsbad, CA. The motorcycle accident was reported at around 1 p.m. on Sunday.
A police spokesman stated that a male, 20 years of age was traveling south on Highland Valley Road in a Honda Civic, near Traylor Road when he made an abrupt turn to avoid stopped traffic. His Honda Civic clipped a car and went into oncoming traffic, hitting and killing the motorcyclist.
San Diego resident Valerie Rogers, 23, was walking on westbound state Route 54 when she was hit by two different vehicles on Wednesday night. A 2008 Honda struck Rogers in the lane next to the fast lane and the victim was knocked to the ground.
Oncoming vehicles began to swerve to avoid her but she was then run over by a 2000 Toyota whose driver was unable to avoid her. Rogers was pronounced dead at a hospital at 7:55 p.m. Officers are investigation and are trying to determine why she was on the freeway.
A woman who was 62 years of age was hit by a car while crossing the street Saturday in downtown San Diego. The San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced her dead at the scene of the accident. The woman, whose name has not been released pending notification of the family, was headed to Clover Leaf Market on Reynard Way near Eagle Street to buy a lottery ticket.
As she walked across the street eastbound at the intersection, she was struck by a Honda Civic driven by a 75-year-old woman. Police and paramedics were called to scene in San Diego’s Midtown neighborhood about 9:25 p.m. The woman was taken to a hospital and the road was closed for an investigation.
A man died Tuesday night after being struck by a pickup truck near the intersection of Executive Way and La Jolla Village Drive in University City. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the pedestrian accident victim.
The crash was reported at around 8 p.m. near Westfield UTC mall. The man was crossing La Jolla Village Drive from south to north just east of the intersection when he was hit by a Toyota Tacoma driven by a 48-year-old man.
A man was killed Thursday night when his sport-utility vehicle veered off state Route 75, went down an embankment and landed on its side on the edge of San Diego Bay. The car accident occurred about 6:30 p.m. Witnesses reported that the vehicle was heading south on Route 75 went it crossed into the northbound lanes and went across the bike path and the Fiddler’s Cove Marina parking lot.
Firefighters extricated the man from the vehicle, and then pronounced dead at the scene. Before the accident, police had received a call about a vehicle being driven recklessly on the Silver Strand. 10News is a media partner of U-T San Diego.
The San Diego Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run death of a 44-year-old transient in National City. A motorist saw the woman, whose name was not released, lying the middle of the street on Plaza Boulevard near B Avenue about 7:30 p.m.
The driver turned around to investigate further and saw a dark sedan crash into the woman, slow down, then drive off, according to the county Medical Examiner’s Office. The witness called 911. Paramedics took her to a hospital, where she died. An autopsy was being conducted Tuesday afternoon.
