Suspected DUI driver arrested after head-on crash kills man in Fallbrook

A 47-year-old Fallbrook woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI after allegedly crashing head-on into a pickup in Fallbrook, killing the truck’s driver, authorities said.

The crash happened around 1:15 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, on East Mission Road west of Red Mountain Dam Drive, Officer Mark Latulippe of the California Highway Patrol said.

A 47-year-old woman was driving a Ford Mustang westbound when the vehicle began to veer left into the opposite lane of traffic, where it collided head-on with a Toyota Tacoma driven by a 55-year-old Fallbrook man, Latulippe said. Both drivers were trapped in the...