Sunday, January 11, 2015

1 DEAD, 3 HURT WHEN TRUCK ROLLS INTO YARD IN AN OTAY MESA HOME EARLY SUNDAY, SAN DIEGO POLICE SAYS



1 DEAD, 3 HURT WHEN TRUCK ROLLS INTO YARD IN AN OTAY MESA HOME EARLY SUNDAY, SAN DIEGO POLICE SAYS

— A suspected drunken driver was killed and three of his passengers were injured when his truck overturned, rolled down a hill and crashed into the backyard of an Otay Mesa home early Sunday, San Diego police said. 

The motorist in his 20s was driving west on Del Sol Boulevard when he lost control of his Nissan Titan truck about 12:15 a.m., police Officer Robert Heims said. 

The truck overturned into eastbound lanes near Beyer Way and rolled down a hill, Heims said. It then smashed through a fence and into the backyard of a house on Soldau Drive.
The driver was thrown from the truck and died, Heims said. A front-seat passenger was also ejected, but he survived. Two women in the backseat were also hurt.

The three passengers, all in their 20s, were taken to hospitals. None of them was wearing a seatbelt, Heims said. 

Police said alcohol is suspected in the crash.