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A 16-year-old Steele Canyon High School junior died in a head-on collision on his way to school Thursday, after getting into a minor crash about 24 hours earlier.
Julian Fraire of El Cajon, who got his provisional driving license in September, veered into oncoming traffic on Steele Canyon Road in Rancho San Diego about 7:25 a.m., authorities said.
The teen was driving a Chrysler Town and Country minivan southbound when he collided with a northbound Ford F450 pickup north of Vista Cielo Drive, California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Pearlstein said.
A pedestrian was seriously injured in a crash that closed most of south Interstate 5 in downtown San Diego for about 40 minutes Thursday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
A witness said the person was hit by a passing vehicle while running from the right shoulder of the freeway near Park Boulevard about 1:20 p.m., according to the CHP’s website.
Four of the freeway’s six lanes were closed and traffic was backed up to Old Town Avenue while the crash was investigated.
Four vehicles, including two big rigs, collided on the 91 Freeway in Buena Park, killing one driver and injuring another person.
Authorities say the accident happened on the eastbound lanes between the Knott Avenue and Beach Boulevard exits at about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday.
It took paramedics about 10 minutes to extract a 58-year-old driver from a big rig that had slammed into a stalled FedEx big rig in the middle lanes. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he was later declared dead.
A motorcyclist was killed early Thursday in Chula Vista after he drove off the roadway and hit a light pole.
The 27-year-old man was on E Street at Toyon Lane about 2:10 a.m. when he lost control of the Suzuki bike, Chula Vista police said.
The Medical Examiner's Office identified him as Charles Anthony Sanfilippo II of Chula Vista. The agency said he was going west when he swerved and hit a pole along the south curb.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash, police said.
The rider died of his injuries while en route to the hospital, police said.