LA JOLLA, Calif. (KGTV) – A driver suffered serious injuries after police said she crashed into the back of big rig and became struck underneath the truck on a La Jolla roadway early Thursday morning.
San Diego Police Department officials said the two-vehicle crash was reported just after 2:45 a.m. in the 10000 block of N. Torrey Pines Road.
According to police, a 24-year-old woman was driving a 2024 Honda Civic southbound on N. Torrey Pines Road in the No. 1 lane when she ran a red light and crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer that was making a left turn from N. Torrey Pines Road to Scripps Clinic South Driveway.
As a result of the collision, the Civic was wedged under the big rig’s trailer, police said.
Responding emergency crews removed the woman from the wreckage and took her to the hospital. The woman, who was not identified, suffered life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The big rig’s 58-year-old male driver was not injured in the incident.
Police stated, “At this time, it is unknown if DUI was a factor for the driver of the Honda.”
Authorities initially closed the 10000 block of N. Torrey Pines Road, between Genesee Avenue and John Jay Hopkins Drive, due to the crash response.
By 6:50 a.m., the northbound lanes of N. Torrey Pines Road were reopened; all affected southbound lanes were reopened by 7:40 a.m.
