Wrong-way crash kills Trista Lynn Stier, 29, and Douglas M. Menegos, 49, on State Route 67 in Lakeside, California

Modified Date: 
Fri, 06/05/2015 - 3:10pm
Accident Date: 
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Family mourns father killed in wrong-way crash

Investigators say Menegos was driving his white utility truck towing a trailer and swerved to avoid Stier, but the two collided head-on and both vehicles spun across the eastbound lanes until they stopped in the center lane seconds later.

Two people killed in wrong way crash identified

Trista Lynn Stier, 29, was driving a silver Ford F150 pickup truck and around 3:15 p.m. Friday drove south onto the northbound off-ramp near Winter Gardens Boulevard. She then drove into oncoming traffic at about 60 miles per hour, according to the California Highway Patrol and the county Medical Examiner's Office.

Head-on crash kills two in Lakeside

The crash was reported around 3:15 p.m. near Winter Gardens Boulevard, according to the CHP. A 29-year-old Jamul woman driving a silver Ford F150 pickup truck entered the northbound lanes of the highway, heading southbound at approximately 60 mph, the CHP reported.
Two people were killed Friday in a head-on crash involving a wrong-way driver on state Route 67 in Lakeside, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was reported around 3:15 p.m. near Winter Gardens Boulevard, according to the CHP. A 29-year-old Jamul woman driving a silver Ford F150 pickup truck entered the northbound lanes of the highway, heading southbound at approximately 60 mph, the CHP reported. The Ford collided head-on with a southbound 2014 Chevrolet 3500 utility vehicle driven by a 49-year-old man from Alpine, according to the CHP. The force of the crash caused both vehicles to spin across northbound lanes and one of them collided with a 2002 Ford F450 driven by a 53-year-old man from El Cajon, the CHP reported. The woman was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital, where she died from her injuries while the man driving the Chevrolet 3500 was airlifted to Mercy Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the CHP. The man driving the F450 was uninjured.
Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Douglas M. Menegos
Trista Lynn Stier
Roadway: 
State Route 67

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