SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A car crashed into a tree at a Rancho Peñasquitos intersection late Thursday night, leaving the driver with serious injuries.
San Diego Police said the single-vehicle collision happened at around 11:30 p.m. at the intersection of Black Mountain Road and Stargaze Avenue.
According to police, an Audi A4 was traveling southbound in the 14000 block of Black Mountain Road when the driver somehow lost control of the vehicle, struck a guardrail, and then slammed into a tree.
The driver, a 36-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with the following injuries: a cervical fracture, a cerebral contusion, closed left humeral fracture, pulmonary contusion, and 7-inch laceration to his forehead.
SDPD’s Traffic Division is investigating the crash.
