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…
Day: November 15, 2024
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…
Fatal Alcohol-Related Crash in San Diego-Oceanside
A 22-year-old passenger was killed after a single-vehicle rollover DUI crash in Oceanside on August 22, 2024. According to the Oceanside Police Department, the crash occurred shortly after 11:00 p.m. on State Route 76 just east of Loretta Street. Authorities stated that the 20-year-old driver lost control of a BMW sedan, causing it to roll…