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PALA (CNS) - An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a fiery crash off a rural road just south of Temecula killed one passenger and injured two others in the vehicle, authorities said today. The crash was reported shortly before 4:45 p.m. Tuesday on Pala Temecula Road, just south of Temecula, according to information from California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Smale. Investigators determined an 18-year-old man from Pala was driving a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee...
CAMP PENDLETON (CNS) - A driver was airlifted to a hospital this morning following a rollover crash on Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton, authorities said. The solo vehicle crash was reported shortly before 8:55 a.m. on the northbound I-5 near the Santa Margarita River, California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt said. A witness told dispatchers that the vehicle struck a guardrail and a pole before ending up on its roof, Bettencourt said. CHP officers shut down all northbound lanes around 9:15 a.m. to allow a medical... Full story
FALLBROOK (CNS) - An investigation was continuing Wednesday into the death of a senior citizen who was struck and killed by an SUV on a Fallbrook street. The collision was reported shortly after 6:35 p.m. Tuesday on South Mission Road near Peppertree Lane, the California Highway Patrol reported. The victim, who was in his 70s, was crossing South Mission Road in front of the Rodeway Inn when he was struck by a 2013 GMC Yukon driven by a 78-year-old man, according to the CHP. Paramedics took the pedestrian to Temecula Valley...
ESCONDIDO (CNS) - A man was shot in the leg in an apparent gang-related shooting in Escondido, police said today. Dispatchers received a call around 5 p.m. Sunday from a person who reported hearing the sound of gunfire in the 300 block of Waverly Place, northeast of Grape Day Park, Escondido police Lt. Ed Bennett said. Officers responded to the area and found a man in his 20s suffering from a gunshot to his leg, Bennett said. The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries, which were not believed to be...
ESCONDIDO (CNS) - A 31-year-old man was jailed today on suspicion of seriously injuring another man with a hatchet during a fight at an Escondido transit center, police said. Dispatchers received a call around 9:40 p.m. Monday from a person who reported that two men were fighting at the Escondido Transit Center on West Valley Parkway, west of Centre City Parkway, Escondido police Sgt. Mike Graesser said. Officers responded to the scene and found both men near the transit center suffering from serious injuries, Graesser said....
JULIAN (CNS) - Three Cal Fire San Diego firefighters suffered minor injuries while dousing a blaze at a home in a rural area southwest of Julian, authorities said today. The fire was reported shortly before 8:40 p.m. Monday at a home on Pine Ridge Avenue in the unincorporated Pine Hills community, Cal Fire San Diego Capt. Issac Sanchez said. When firefighters arrived at the scene, the home was fully engulfed in flames, but the home's residents were able to get out safely. Crews doused the blaze and had the flames knocked...
RANCHO SANTA FE (CNS) - A blaze gutted a mansion valued at $11 million in an upscale North County neighborhood and caused portions of the roof to collapse, authorities said today. Crews responded shortly after 8:20 p.m. Sunday to a two-story home in the 6800 block of Spyglass Lane, near the Farms Golf Club in the Fairbanks Ranch area, according to the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District. Firefighters arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the back of the home, district spokeswoman Julie Taber said. There was a...
RAMONA (CNS) - One person suffered serious injuries this morning in a two-vehicle crash on state Route 67 southwest of Ramona. The crash, involving a 2003 Saturn sedan and another vehicle, was reported shortly before 7 a.m. on SR-67 near Dye Road, according to a California Highway Patrol incident log. The two vehicles collided and the Saturn ended up crashing into a tree, Cal Fire San Diego spokesman Thomas Shoots said. One person from the Saturn was airlifted to Palomar Hospital for treatment of a major head injury, Shoots...