Crime & Safety
One Person Dies in Vehicle Crash On I-5 Near Border
One person died Sunday in a vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 5 near the border, the California Highway Patrol said.
SAN DIEGO, CA — One person died Sunday in a vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 5 near the border, the California Highway Patrol said.
At 8:41 a.m. Sunday, witnesses saw flames and smoke in the bushes on the right shoulder of I-5 near Dairy Mart Road, according to a CHP incident log.
CHP officers said a vehicle hit a tree and the resulting car fire spread to vegetation, which firefighters extinguished.
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The CHP contacted the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office at about 9 a.m.
—City News Service