A driver is in the hospital Thursday after a rollover crash off Interstate 5 in National City, authorities said. The crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. at Mile of Cars Way and Bay Marina Drive. Authorities say the driver was traveling on northbound I-5 when, for unknown reasons, lost control and went off the freeway. When…
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Serious motorcycle crash in San Diego
A woman was critically injured after crashing her motorcycle in the Midway neighborhood of San Diego on October 8, 2024. According to the San Diego Police Department, the 33-year-old rider was traveling eastbound in the 3100 block of Midway Drive around 8:30 p.m. on a 2013 Honda Repsol CBR 600RR when she struck a raised…
Multi-Vehicle Collision in Quiet Section of Escondido (San Diego County)
Few details were immediately available about a fatal collision that occurred on October 7, 2024, in the Hidden Meadows area. The multi-vehicle crash happened at Old Highway 395 and Gopher Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP officials reported a black Honda, a blue van, and a white vehicle were possibly involved….
San Diego Firefighters Injured in Vehicle Collision are on the Mend
In September 2024, three San Diego firefighters en route to North Carolina to support firefighters dealing with Hurricane Helene were in a serious car wreck in Texas. One of those firefighters is now out of the hospital. The San Diego Fire and Rescue Department says the Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 8 members…
Car Crash Knocks Out Power to Chula Vista, San Diego County
Hundreds of South Bay residents temporarily lost power after a car smacked into a power box at an area trailer park. The crash, which involved an overturned car, was reported at the La Palma Trailer Park at 2420 Palm Ave. around 3 a.m. on September 17, 2024, according to San Diego police. One person was…
Near-Fatal DUI Crash in Mission Valley (San Diego, 92108)
Emergency responders used the Jaws of Life to extricate a victim from a wrecked vehicle after a possible DUI crash on Friars Road in Mission Valley on October 9, 2024. According to San Diego Police, the collision involving a pickup truck and a small white car happened on westbound Friars Road near Mission Center Road…
Driver Who Caused Fatal 2022 DUI Crash in San Diego Receives Long Prison Sentence
After a jury convicted a then-21-year-old man of two counts of murder in the second degree, two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and one count each of driving under the influence (DUI) of drugs and/or alcohol causing injury, and driving on the wrong side of a highway, a judge sentenced him to 32…
Car Hit Guardrail in Single-Vehicle San Diego Crash
In the early morning hours of August 17, 2024, a person apparently lost control of his/her vehicle on the northbound Interstate 15 transition ramp to the eastbound lanes of State Route 78 in Escondido. First responders arrived to find that a guardrail had gone through an Acura sedan. The driver, who was the only…
Fleeing Hit-and-Run Suspect Killed in San Diego High-Speed Chase
A man is dead after he tried, and failed, to elude officers pursuing him on southbound Interstate 15 in South Park. San Diego police said they were chasing a Toyota Prius suspected in a hit-and-run. The crash occurred around 7:45 p.m. on August 20, 2024, as the Prius attempted to merge from southbound Interstate 15…
Deadly Fireball Accident on Interstate 8 in San Diego
One person was killed, and two others seriously injured, when a vehicle careened off the road, hit a concrete pillar, and burst into flames. The accident happened on August 16, 2024, near the intersection of Interstate 8 and Telegraph Canyon Road in Chula Vista. One of the three occupants of the sedan, a 23-year-old Newark…