Woman Airlifted To Hospital After Crash On 5 Freeway While She Changed A Tire

OCEANSIDE, CA — A woman was airlifted to a La Jolla hospital after she was injured while changing a tire on her car on the San Diego (5) Freeway in the Oceanside area near the Camp Pendleton Marine Base.

The crash was reported at 4:52 p.m. Sunday on the southbound San Diego Freeway at Las Pulgas, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The woman was reportedly changing a tire on her car on the right shoulder when a pickup truck struck either her or her car, the CHP said.

The driver claimed he struck the car, not the person, the CHP said.

The injured woman was airlifted to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, the CHP said.

— City News Service