[10-27-2022] San Diego County, CA – Deadly Two-Vehicle Crash Kills A 53-Year-Old Man in La Mesa

A 53-year-old pickup driver died after a two-vehicle crash in La Mesa early on Thursday, October 27, 2022.

The collision was reported shortly before 2:30 on I-8 east of Grossmont Boulevard.

According to California Highway Patrol Officer Travis Garrow, a 30-year-old El Cajon resident driving a Mercedes collided with the back of a 1979 Toyota pickup being driven by a 53-year-old resident of the same city.

Following the initial collision, both cars took a detour. The Toyota flipped over, throwing the driver out.

Responding emergency personnel drove both drivers to the hospital. Both the Mercedes and Toyota drivers were seriously injured, with the Toyota driver suffering from life-threatening wounds.

According to Garrow, he stated that the alleged DUI driver is still in the hospital for proper medication. He added that they booked the DUI driver into jail upon his release.

According to the CHP, anyone who saw the collision is urged to call the CHP’s EL Cajon office at (619) 401-2000.

Other information was not immediately made public.

La Mesa Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

In the last several decades, the number of traffic accidents in the US has skyrocketed. Each year, road collisions claim the lives of more than one million people.

Every day, 3,287 lives are lost as a result of traffic-related accidents. Every year, between 20 and 50 million people suffer injuries—either at work or daily—that prevent them from returning to their previous jobs.

Hundreds of thousands of people use their feet and bicycles daily to go about the city. A car collision brought on by the driver’s negligence might have drastic consequences. California has a remarkably high rate of traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries when compared to the rest of the United States.

California is home to about 10% of all road deaths in the US. Three thousand eight hundred ninety-eight persons lost their lives in car accidents, while 276,823 suffered injuries. In the five years since 2013, the number of fatal traffic accidents in the US has increased by 23.5%.

That year, nine out of every 100,000 individuals in California died in traffic accidents. Most traffic-related deaths and injuries occur in vehicles with faulty safety equipment.
To maintain your driving record spotless, keep your car in good functioning order and drive carefully.

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