Accident News

SAN DIEGO – Two men were killed and two teenage girls suffered severe injuries when they jumped off a roughly 80-foot-high bridge following a solo-vehicle crash on state Route 56 in the Carmel Valley area, authorities said Wednesday. The crash was reported around 11:05 PM Tuesday on eastbound state Route 56 just west of Carmel

San Diego – Authorities say a lifeguard truck has run over a 4-year-old girl on the beach. It happened at about 6:00 PM Monday. There’s no immediate word on the girl’s condition. The San Diego City Fire Chief tells the San Diego Union-Tribune that lifeguards were patrolling in a pickup truck that maneuvered around a

ESCONDIDO – San Diego County authorities are searching for a motorist who fled when a deputy attempted a traffic stop and eventually made a U-turn and crashed into the patrol car. The Sheriff’s Department says the incident began late Sunday in Escondido when the deputy spotted a Nissan Pathfinder traveling down a road without its

San Diego – Emergency crews were at the scene of a non-injury airplane accident at Brown Field Airport in Otay Mesa, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Initial reports were that a single-engine Stearman biplane veered off the runway after landing and tipped over onto its nose, sustaining minor damage. The two people who were

SAN DIEGO – Police are still investigating a scooter collision in Linda Vista last night that left a 17-year-old boy injured. The boy was struck by a car while riding a non-motorized scooter. He jumped over a raised wall into a westbound lane on Genesee Avenue near Richland Street where he was struck by a

SAN DIEGO – Major traffic backup formed on Interstate 5 in the Old Town area Wednesday as authorities subdued a man threatening to jump. At around 10 a.m., California Highway Patrol officials said they received a report of a man standing on an elevated edge of the freeway on northbound Interstate 8 near the transition

NATIONAL CITY – Four people suffered burn-related injuries after a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in National City Monday. The crash occurred at around 6:45 PM on northbound I-5 near Civic Center Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol. According to authorities, a Ford F-150 stalled in the roadway before an oncoming SUV slammed into

NATIONAL CITY – A cargo transport train hit a building this morning after derailing in National City. 9 train cars went off the rails at Tidelands Avenue a little before 5 AM. Some of the cars landed on CNC Electronics West Inc., an electronic parts supplier at 1445 Tidelands Ave. Cracks could be seen on

CAMPO – The crash happened just before 7:00 PM on state Route 94, also known as Campo Road. 1 person was killed and three others were airlifted to hospitals following a two-vehicle collision Friday night on state Route 94 in Campo, authorities said. The crash happened just before 7:00 PM on Campo Road, according to

SAN DIEGO – A traffic accident involving a college law enforcement vehicle that ended up crashing into a Barrio Logan storefront left a pedestrian badly injured Wednesday and two others, including a pregnant woman and a campus police officer, less seriously hurt, authorities reported. The crash in the 1000 block of Cesar E. Chavez Parkway