Crime & Safety
Woman Arrested For DUI After Injury Crash In San Marcos: Sheriff
The crash involved four vehicles and left two people with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
SAN MARCOS, CA — A 19-year-old Vista woman was behind bars Tuesday on suspicion of DUI after she caused a four-vehicle crash in San Marcos that left her and another person with serious injuries, authorities said.
It happened around 7:45 p.m. Monday at the intersection of South Rancho Santa Fe Road and Melrose Drive, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
The crash involved four vehicles and left two people with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, including the 19-year-old Vista woman, Cpl. Cornelius Van Nieuwenhuyzen said.
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The woman was taken to Palomar Medical Center and the other patient was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas.
No details about the second patient or the vehicles involved were immediately available.
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The 19-year-old woman, whose name was not immediately available, was later booked into the Vista Detention Facility on suspicion of DUI and felony child endangerment, Nieuwenguyzen said.
The exact reason for the second charge was not disclosed.
– City News Service
