A two-vehicle crash killed one person and sent three people to the hospital Sunday afternoon in Chollas View, closing Market Street between 45th Street and 47th Street for several hours, according to San Diego police.
A man, 61, was driving a 2018 Lexus RX350 SUV, eastbound on 4500 Market Street around 1 p.m. when the 63-year-old driver of a 1993 Nissan Maxima crossed the center divider line and hit the Lexus in the eastbound lanes, according to SDPD Officer John Buttle.
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Firefighters had to use the jaws of life tool to extricate the 63-year-old man. The man later died from his injuries at the hospital, according to SDPD.
One passenger in the Lexus had chest pains but the driver and the passenger were uninjured, Officer Buttle said.
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It is not yet known if DUI played a factor in the crash, Officer Buttle said.
"I was inside my house and heard a loud bang, like tires screeching across the pavement," said Michael Comfort, who was near the crash when it occurred.
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Comfort added that he saw firefighters using the jaws of life tool to extricate the person who died from one of the cars.
"I saw them ripping the hood off the car, I saw them on the vehicle that's in the middle of the street. There was an individual that was trapped in the vehicle and they were actually performing CPR on the person as they were trying to get them out of the car," Comfort said.
Traffic Division officers responded to the incident and are investigating the collision.
Anyone with information related to the above incident(s) is encouraged to call the San Diego police or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
