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…

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…

San Diego Driver Slams into Utility Pole in La Quinta

Authorities believe a driver had a medical episode in the moments before a September 7, 2024 wreck that affected hundreds of area residents. Over 1,300 customers lost power due to the September 7, 2024 wreck. Most of these customers were in the Cove area. Power was quickly restored to most, although several hundred people remained…

San Diego Drunk Driver Seriously Injures Two People

One of the victims was ejected from a vehicle during the September 8, 2024 crash in Otay Mesa. According to the San Diego Police Department, a 24-year-old woman was driving a 2012 Honda Accord southbound on La Media Road around 11:45 p.m. She was approaching Otay Mesa Road. At that same time, a 51-year-old man…

San Diego Teen Seriously Injured in Fireball SUV Collision

Emergency responders rushed a 15-year-old boy to a local hospital following a near-fatal wreck in Miramar Ranch on September 2, 2024. The single-vehicle collision happened at around 2:15 a.m. at the intersection of Scripps Poway Parkway and Scripps Summit Drive, according to San Diego Police. Police said the teen driver was traveling east on 10550…

Hit-and-Run Drivers Kills Elderly Man in Rancho San Diego

A pedestrian was hit and killed in a crash while crossing the street in Rancho San Diego on September 3, 2024, according to California Highway Patrol. The victim, an 81-year-old man, was crossing west on Jamacha Road/State Route 54 on the north side of the intersection with Braham Street, CHP said. Meanwhile, a man driving…

Vehicle Fatally Strikes 76-Year-Old San Marcos Woman

No arrests have been made after a driver hit a woman who was walking along a road in North County on September 7, 2024. Deputies from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office San Marcos Station responded to reports of a vehicle versus pedestrian accident at the intersection of South Twin Oaks Valley Road and Shubin…