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A pedestrian was killed early Sunday morning in Old Town when he was run over by several vehicles on Interstate 5, the Medical Examiner's Office said.
The man, between 25 and 35 years old, was in the southbound lanes of the freeway north of Old Town Avenue when he was hit about 3:15 a.m., the office said.
He was dead when authorities arrived.
The victim’s name was not released.
A 70-year-old man was flown to a medical center with life-threatening injuries when the vehicle he was driving overturned and pinned him inside Sunday morning, fire authorities said.
The man was driving on Little Gopher Canyon Road near Old River Road when the vehicle flew off the road and landed on its roof about 7:15 a.m., said a spokesman for the North County Fire Protection District.
It took firefighters about 40 minutes to free the driver from the vehicle.
The victim was airlifted to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido with life-threatening injuries.
A 15-year-old boy was taken to the hospital with a serious head injury after being hit by a vehicle Thursday afternoon, a Cal Fire official said.
The teen was riding a BMX-style bike near Jamacha Road and Helix Street about 4:40 p.m. when the crash occurred, a Cal Fire Capt. said.
At least two lanes on eastbound Interstate 8 at Lake Murray Boulevard are blocked due to a multi-vehicle crash.
The crash happened just before 5:15 p.m., and authorities' response has prompted the closure of at least two lanes, backing up traffic for several miles.
The roadway was cleared shortly before 6 p.m.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Escondido police arrested a man suspected of crashing a stolen van into another car, then running away Tuesday afternoon.
Richard Berumen, 38, of Escondido, was taken into custody on suspicion of felony hit-and-run causing injury and vehicle theft, police said.
A man called police shortly after 1 p.m. and said he’d just seen his stolen Toyota Sienna van being driven at Valley Parkway and Ash Street, police said. The man recognized it from its broken headlight even though it had the wrong license plate, Lanigan said.