Solo crash on SR-76 in Pala leaves one family member dead, two seriously hurt

PALA (CNS) - Emergency crews responding to a report of a car crash on a rural highway about a mile northwest of Casino Pauma Friday, Aug. 21 rescued two

members of an Oceanside family from a deep roadside ravine and recovered the body of a third.

The 30-year-old man who had been driving the Subaru sedan made an emergency call about 6:15 a.m. to report that he had gotten into an accident during the night on State Route 76, but was unsure where because he had been knocked unconscious during the wreck, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Personnel with the state agency and sheriff's deput...