A 12-year-old was killed Tuesday when an alleged drunk driver crashed into their car in Oceanside Tuesday night, authorities said.
At 11 p.m. the Oceanside Police Department received calls of a two-car crash on Surfrider Way and North Myers Street. Police said the crash occurred when a white Volkswagen was traveling Northbound on Myers Street at a high rate of speed and broadsided a blue Nissan Altima which was traveling east on Surfrider Way.
Police arrived to find a 12-year-old boy dead at the scene. The driver and another young passenger of the Altima suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. The two passengers of the Volkswagen suffered non-life-threatening injuries. All four were taken to a local hospital.
The investigation is ongoing but police suspect that both alcohol and speed were a factor in the crash. The driver of the Volkswagen was placed under arrest at the hospital for suspicion of DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter.
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The name of the 12-year-old is being withheld pending notification to the family.
Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to call Traffic Collision Investigator Kevin Lissner at (760) 435-4651.
