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A series of crashes triggered by an alleged drunken driver left three men dead and five other people injured, including a man who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, the California Highway Patrol said Saturday.
The suspected drunken driver, a San Diego man, was driving north from Interstate 805 onto the transition ramp to westbound state Route 52 when he lost control, according to the CHP.
The vehicle veered off the right side of the road, careened across a dirt embankment and rolled several times, a CHP dispatcher said.
A motorcyclist was killed Thursday afternoon in a fiery collision on Interstate 8 in Mission Valley, authorities said.
The eastbound motorcycle crashed into a car near Mission Center Road shortly after 4 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Both vehicles then became engulfed in flames.
Passers-by stopped and performed CPR on the downed rider before the arrival of paramedics, who declared the victim dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
Three people were injured Monday night in a four-vehicle collision on southbound state Route 15 near University Avenue in City Heights, authorities said.
All were transported to hospitals, a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department dispatcher said. At least one person had to be extricated.
The collision was reported about 5:40 p.m. Four vehicles were initially blocking the right shoulder and two right lanes, the California Highway Patrol said on its website.
Three people were hospitalized with major injuries sustained in a multi-vehicle collision on eastbound state Route 56 Friday evening.
The collision occurred near Black Mountain Road, just south of Rancho Penasquitos, around 8:20 p.m., a California Highway Patrol dispatcher said.
A witness report on the CHP online log said a westbound car had crossed into eastbound lanes of the freeway, setting off the collision, which appeared to involve three vehicles.
The Medical Examiner's Office Sunday publicly named the woman who was struck and killed while crossing Clairemont Mesa Boulevard Friday night.
Sarah Ann Hudson, 25, of San Diego was walking southbound across the eastbound lanes near Doliva Drive about 10:40 p.m. Friday, when she entered the path of an eastbound Ford Escape driven by a 38-year-old man, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office and San Diego police.
Witnesses to the crash called for help, but paramedics pronounced Hudson dead at the scene, authorities said.
A 20-year-old motorcyclist died Wednesday when he flew off his bike and hit a pickup, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The man was riding his 2013 Ducati Monster on westbound state Route 94 at 1:44 p.m. when he went to transition onto southbound Interstate 15.
The CHP said the man entered the turn at 60 mph despite a suggested speed of 30 mph. The motorcyclist tried to brake, but as a result the bike went off the road and struck a median.