55-Year-Old Man Injured In Multi-Vehicle Crash In San Diego

SAN DIEGO, CA — A 55-year-old man was hospitalized Thursday after he sustained several injuries in a multi-vehicle collision, where alcohol was a factor, in the Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego, police said Thursday.

San Diego Police Department officers responded at 5:51 p.m. Wednesday to the 2300 block of Grand Avenue where they learned a 66-year-old woman was traveling east in the number one lane in a Nissan pickup. A 32-year-old man was traveling east in the number two lane in a Chevrolet Camaro, said SDPD Officer Jose Perales.

The victim approached the slowed traffic and collided with the right rear of the 66-year-old woman's pickup and the victim and the pickup truck driver then collided with the rear of the Chevy Camaro, police said.

The victim sustained a compound fracture to his arm, a fractured femur, a fractured tibia and fibula and police said alcohol played a role in the crash.

The department's Traffic Division will be handling the investigation and anyone with information related to it was asked to call 858-495-7800 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

— City News Service