San Diego, CA (August 26, 2024) – California Highway Patrol troopers have released further details after a wrong-way driver caused a deadly head-on crash on Interstate 8 in El Cajon early Sunday.
The CHP reports that, just after midnight on Sunday, a 49-year-old Lakeside woman died following the incident on I-8 westbound in El Cajon. According to CHP, a Kia K5 was going the wrong way in the second lane of I-8, just west of El Cajon Blvd, while a 34-year-old El Cajon man was driving a Chevrolet Silverado in the same lane. Police say the Kia and the Silverado crashed head-on, and a woman was pronounced dead at the scene. She has not yet been identified. A man was also taken to an area hospital in critical condition. However, an investigation is ongoing in the interim.
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