SAN DIEGO – Two people were hospitalized Friday morning following a crash involving six vehicles and a motorcycle on Interstate 8 near Old Town, authorities said.
It happened about 7:35 a.m. on westbound I-8, just east of Morena Boulevard, California Highway Patrol Officer Tommy Doerr said. Traffic was congested for just over an hour after the crash.
The motorcyclist was taken to UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, Doerr said, adding that a second person also was taken to a hospital.
Condition reports were not immediately available, but at least one of the patients had major injuries, according to the CHP, which was investigating the circumstances of the crash.