Carlsbad: Wrong-Way Pursuit Leaves Two Dead

01.14.2020 | 12:12 AM | CARLSBAD – A driver who was crashed while driving wrong-way in attempt to flee police died along with the driver of another vehicle who was later identified as a 19-year-old U.S. Marine, early Tuesday morning.

Oceanside police officers attempted to stop a speeding vehicle around 12:00 AM.

The driver of the truck, later identified as 42-year-old Christian Zurita, failed to yield to officers and eventually entered the northbound I-5 Freeway while traveling southbound before crashing head-on into another vehicle.

The drivers of both vehicles were pronounced deceased on scene.

The passenger of the fleeing pickup truck, a 35-year-old San Diego man, was pulled from the wreckage and transported to an area hospital in stable condition.

The driver of vehicle killed by the speeding truck was identified as a 19-year-old Matthew Ryan Adams, a U.S. Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton.

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