Pedestrian Killed On I-5 In North County

SOLANA BEACH, CA – A pedestrian was killed early Friday morning on a Solana Beach freeway after apparently fleeing on foot from the site of a crash, authorities said.

The initial collision happened just before 4:15 a.m. on the northbound side of Interstate 5 near Lomas Santa Fe Drive, California Highway Patrol Officer Tommy Doerr said. The driver of one of the vehicles involved in that crash apparently fled on foot, running into the southbound lanes.

"It sounds like from the northbound side, someone got out, ran to the southbound side and got hit," Doerr said. "The southbound side is where the fatal crash is."

Personnel from the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office were responding to the accident Friday morning as the CHP investigated both collisions.

The two right-hand lanes of southbound I-5 were closed in the area, while the two left-hand lanes remained open. On the northbound side, the Lomas Santa Fe Drive onramp to the freeway was closed.

It was unclear how long the closures would last, but southbound traffic was already heavily congested in the area before 6 a.m.

– By City News Service

SOLANA BEACH, CA – At least one person was killed in a fatal crash early Friday morning on Interstate 5 in San Diego's North County, authorities reported.

The crash was reported around 4:15 a.m. on southbound Interstate 5 at Lomas Santa Fe Drive in Solana Beach, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Four lanes were initially closed due to the crash, but all lanes reopened around 6:52 a.m., according to Caltrans. Traffic remains backed up in the area.

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