Traffic & Transit
1 Seriously Hurt In Wrong-Way Crash On I-15 In Fallbrook
A driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI and another driver suffered severe injuries following a wrong-way, head-on crash.
FALLBROOK, CA — A driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI and another driver suffered severe injuries Friday morning following a wrong-way, head-on crash on Interstate 15 in Fallbrook, according to a media report.
Dispatchers received reports shortly before 4:10 a.m. that a vehicle was heading southbound on northbound Interstate 15 near Fallbrook, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A short time later, the wrong-way vehicle crashed head-on into another vehicle on northbound I-15 near Mission Road, the CHP reported.
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The northbound vehicle caught fire after the crash, but several good Samaritans were able to pull the driver out of the burning vehicle, 10News reported.
The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, while the wrong-way driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI, according to the news station.
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No details about the two drivers or their vehicles were immediately available.
A SigAlert was issued around 5:15 a.m., shutting down the left two lanes on northbound I-15 near Mission Road.
— City News Service