LEMON GROVE (CNS) - A 26-year-old man was killed over the weekend in a predawn pileup on an eastern San Diego-area freeway, authorities said Monday.
The fatal crash took place shortly before 4:30 a.m. Sunday, when a northbound 2023 Nissan Sentra veered out of a traffic lane on state Route 125 near Spring Street in Lemon Grove and crashed into a 2007 Mercedes-Benz E350 parked on the right-hand shoulder, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Moments later, a 2022 Ford Edge crashed into the Nissan, CHP public- affairs Officer Jasmine Lopez said.
Following the crashes, the unidentified driver of the Nissan fled on foot, leaving behind a gravely injured passenger. The victim, a San Diego resident whose name was withheld pending family notification, died at the scene.
The two other involved motorists and two people who had been riding in the Mercedes suffered minor injuries in the wreck, according to the Highway Patrol.
"This is an ongoing investigation," Lopez said Monday. "It is unknown at this time if drugs and/or alcohol were a factor in the crash."
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