Crime & Safety
Capistrano Beach Man Identified as Victim in Deadly 5 Freeway Crash
A 31-year-old Capistrano Beach man died after his truck hit the center median on the 5 Freeway, spinning out of control and ejecting him.
CAMP PENDLETON, CA: A Capistrano Beach man has been identified as the victim in a fatal collision that was reported early Wednesday on northbound Interstate 5 north of Oceanside.
California Highway Patrol investigators determined that at about 11:42 p.m. Tuesday, Clayton Carothers Sandidge, 31, was driving alone in a white pick-up truck when it went into the center median and side-swiped the guardrail, causing the vehicle to lose control and go across all four lanes, hitting the jersey wall, according to a report from the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.
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The impact caused the vehicle to spin uncontrollably, throwing Sandidge from the truck. He suffered multiple blunt-force injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene early Wednesday morning, the report stated.
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