One person is dead and a child was taken to the hospital after a crash on Interstate 15 in San Diego on Sunday night, officials said.
The driver, described by the California Highway Patrol as a woman in her 50s, was traveling southbound on I-15
south of the transition road to the 805 Freeway, when she lost control. The vehicle went off the freeway and hit two trees before stopping in a drainage ditch, CHP said.
Both people in the car were trapped inside and had to be extricated, according to CHP.
The driver died at the scene, CHP said.
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The child was taken to Rady Children's Hospital. The CHP did not give NBC 7 information about the child's condition.
No other details were immediately available.
