LEMON GROVE, Calif. (KGTV) – A collision involving two vehicles on state Route 125 in Lemon Grove left a driver dead Wednesday morning.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash involving a 2015 Lexus IS 250 and a light-colored car occurred just after 5:30 a.m. on northbound SR-125, near Troy Street.
The CHP said the Lexus was traveling northbound when its driver “unsafely changed lanes to the right” and collided with the other car.
The Lexus then veered from the freeway, went up an embankment and crashed into a tree. The Lexus’ 21-year-old driver, identified as a man from Spring Valley, died at the scene.
A witness told the CHP that the other car involved stopped at a nearby shoulder after the collision. The CHP stated, “A Hispanic male adult was observed exiting the unknown light-colored sedan but fled the scene of the crash and drove northbound” on SR-125.
An accurate description of the sedan and license plate information was not immediately available. The CHP noted that it was unknown if drugs or alcohol were factors in the wreck.
The CHP is asking anyone who witnessed the incident to contact Officer Jasmine Lopez with the El Cajon Area Office at 619-219-6900.
