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A sedan passenger suffered fatal injuries in a head-on crash involving a Barona Tribal Security SUV on Wildcat Canyon Road south of Ramona Saturday, authorities said.
The collision occurred about 6:40 p.m. when the officer swerved over the double yellow lines into the northbound lane and hit an oncoming sedan, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Jim McNamara told reporters at the scene.
Both vehicles sustained major front-end damage. One person was reported to be trapped in a vehicle, according to the CHP website.
A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Carlsbad early Saturday, police said.
A citizen reported the crash shortly after 4 a.m. in the 2000 block of La Costa Avenue near El Camino Real, according to Carlsbad police officials.
The driver was declared dead at the scene by responding fire personnel, police said. His name was withheld pending family notification.
A man was struck and killed by a train near the Atherton Caltrain station early Saturday morning, an agency spokeswoman said.
The man was on the tracks just north of Fair Oaks Lane near the station around 1:20 a.m. when he was hit by southbound train No. 198, Caltrain spokesman Jayme Ackeman said in an email.
The victim’s identity has not been released.
The train involved in the deadly collision was the last train of the night. It was delayed for more than an hour, Ackeman said.
The incident is the third Caltrain fatality this year, the spokeswoman said.
A man was critically injured following a two-vehicle crash in Santa Ana Saturday night, according to police.
The incident occurred near Civic Center Drive and English Street around 11:15 p.m.
According to police, a Ford Explorer collided with a car, and the Explorer wound up on top of a parked car.
"It looks like somebody ran a red light," said the Santa Ana police Commander, although the collision was still under investigation.