Fiery Fatal Rollover Crash
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 3-24-24 5:05 pm
LOCATION: SB I-5 @ Palomar St
AREA/CITY: Chula Vista
DETAILS:
- Witnesses told the CHP that two vehicles were racing at high speed and swerving in & out of traffic.
- One female driver with her 3 passengers saw the BMW driver coming up fast behind her and she changed lanes.
- The male in the BMW went around her and swerved into her, hitting her drivers side front end.
- The women were not injured.
- The BMW went across all lanes of traffic and up the embankment below the Palomar St overcrossing.
- The BMW then hit a tree head-on and rolled back into the traffic lanes.
- The BMW landed on its roof.
- The driver was ejected.
- The other car, a white Ford Mustang with a black stripe left the scene.
- Good Samaritans stopped and one started CPR on the male who was ejected.
- The male was declared deceased at the scene.
- All southbound lanes are blocked (as of 6:10 pm).
- The CHP is investigating.
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