By Debbi Baker, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Originally published July 6, 2010 at 10:47 a.m., updated July 6, 2010 at 11:20 a.m. SAN DIEGO — Two active-duty service members suffered major injuries Monday afternoon and one had both legs amputated after a high-speed crash that may have involved racing. The men were in a red Ford Mustang that was heading south on Interstate 5 about 2 p.m. when the driver abruptly changed lanes at the transition road to state Route 94, said California Highway Patrol officer Ken Jackman. The car went into a skid and the driver’s side door slammed into …. »
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June 1, 2010 — A 25-year-old woman was killed Tuesday morning and two others were injured when her SUV crossed into oncoming freeway traffic and collided with two vehicles. Neydi Arely Ramirez, of Chula Vista, was heading north on state Route 125 north of Jamacha Road about 8:40 a.m. when for unknown reasons she lost control of her gold Ford Explorer and crossed the center divide, authorities said. The SUV rolled over and landed on top of a silver Chrysler PT Cruiser being driven by a 48-year-old woman, California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings said. The SUV then continued to …. »
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June 6, 2010 — A 52-year-old man from Fresno was hit and killed early Sunday in Midtown. The victim was crossing the West Washington Street on-ramp to north Interstate 5 about 12:30 a.m. when he was struck, the California Highway Patrol said. The man was declared dead at the scene, the CHP said. The driver of the vehicle stopped. No arrests were made, the CHP said. The name of the victim has not been released.
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March 11, 2010 – Six people were injured in a multi-car crash on southbound I-805 just north of Market Street early Thursday morning and investigators say at least one of the drivers may have been intoxicated. The chain-reaction of accidents began shortly before 2 a.m. when a vehicle pulled over with a flat tire and another vehicle hit it, said California Highway Patrol Officer Ray Scheidnes. Several other accidents followed, blocking all but the No. 3 lane of the freeway. Two motorists were trapped in vehicles and had to be extricated, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque. Six …. »
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March 10, 2010 – Three people were killed Tuesday evening, including a father and daughter, during a head-on collision east of Hemet. Donald Graves, 30, of Hemet, was driving his Chevy Malibu eastbound on Florida Avenue, just east of Warren Road, at 5 p.m. when the car drifted into the opposite lane striking a Honda Accord, California Highway Patrol spokesman Chris Blondon said. The crash killed the other driver, Andrew Huizar, 20, of Apple Valley, who died at the scene. Graves’ 3-year-old daughter, Dakota Graves, was in a backward facing car seat in the Malibu and was severely injured in the …. »
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March 8, 2010 – One person was killed and another was injured in a two-vehicle crash near the Barona Resort & Casino Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said. The collision between a pickup truck and minivan happened around 12:20 p.m. on Wildcat Canyon Road near Muth Valley Road, just south of the Barona Indian Reservation, according to the California Highway Patrol. Both directions of Wildcat Canyon Road were closed, the CHP reported. Catarino Montano Navarro, 62, of Santee, a passenger in the minivan, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. At least one other …. »
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March 2, 2010 – David Epstein, 87, of Coronado, died Tuesday when his car crashed into the back of a disabled big rig on SR-15 in the Mountain View area. Epstein was heading north about 11:35 a.m. when his Toyota Camry veered to the right for unknown reasons and hit the parked truck just south of Ocean View Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol and San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. Epstein died at the scene. The big-rig driver, who was standing in front of the disabled truck with the hood open, was struck in the crash and taken …. »
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March 1, 2010 – A San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy trying to catch up to a wrong-way driver on a freeway was killed when his marked SUV rolled several times down a ravine on SR-52, Sheriff William Gore said Sunday. Deputy Ken Collier, 39, died at a hospital shortly after the 3:22 a.m. wreck on the freeway in the mountains between Santee and Tierrasanta, the sheriff announced. A 25-year-old sheriff’s dispatcher who was also in the county SUV, Ryan DeBellis, was injured, the sheriff said. An allegedly drunken driver who was the subject of the chase was caught nearby. Jose Jasso …. »
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March 1, 2010 – A pedestrian suffered severe injuries last night when he was struck by two vehicles, including a sheriff’s patrol car, in the High Desert city of Apple Valley, according San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials. The victim was airlifted to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton following the 8 p.m. accident Sunday along Highway 18 near Kiowa Road. The pedestrian was carrying no identification, investigators said. His condition is not available. Robert Squier was driving a 2002 Mitsubishi Gallant in the eastbound fast lane of Highway 18 when the man walked in front of him, investigators said …. »
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March 1, 2010 – Two people suffered major injuries last night during a fiery wreck along Interstate 40 deep in the Mojave Desert, according to California Highway Patrol officers. Flames fully engulfed the green Nissan Pathfinder soon after the single-car crash at 10:44 p.m. Sunday along the freeway’s eastbound lanes near Kelbaker Road. Larry Swisher, 33, and Luz Castillo, both of Arizona, were airlifted to Desert Regional Medical Center. There’s no word on the type of injuries they suffered.
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