1 Killed, 4 Injured In Crash Near Lawrence Welk Resort Village

ESCONDIDO, CA – One person was killed and four others were injured Wednesday in a three-vehicle pileup at an intersection near Lawrence Welk Resort Village in northern San Diego County.

Two cars and a compact SUV collided shortly after 12:30 p.m. at Champagne Boulevard and Mountain Meadow Road in the Jesmond Dene area, just north of Escondido, according to the California Highway Patrol. The latter vehicle wound up crashing about 150 down a roadside embankment, Cal Fire Capt. Issac Sanchez said.

A woman in one of the sedans died at the scene of the collision. Her name was not immediately available.

Medics took four others – two from each of the other two vehicles – to a hospital for treatment of injuries of undisclosed severity, Sanchez said.

The collision left traffic lanes closed at the road crossing into the late afternoon, the CHP reported.

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