Man Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash In Pauma Valley

PAUMA VALLEY, CA – A 28-year-old man was killed Monday in a single- vehicle crash in the Pauma Valley area.

It happened around 5:45 a.m. in the 32000 block of Pauma Heights Road, located in the unincorporated North County community, California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Latulippe said.

The driver's father contacted the CHP after receiving an alert from a GPS device that his son had been involved in a crash, Latulippe said.

Officer and firefighters searched the area, which was blanketed in heavy fog, and located a Mazda 3 sedan around 7:15 a.m. about 500 feet down an embankment off the right side of the road, he said.

Investigators believe the Pauma man was traveling downhill at high speed when he lost control of the car, which went off the right side of the road, Latulippe said.

The driver, who was found inside the car, was pronounced dead at the scene, Latulippe said. His name was withheld pending family notification.

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