Traffic & Transit
Driver Dies After Slamming Into Semi Truck Near Kensington
Crews from San Diego Fire-Rescue arrived to extract the driver and vehicle from underneath the semi. The driver later died at a hospital.
SAN DIEGO, CA — An unidentified driver died Friday after slamming into a semi-truck that jackknifed on the freeway near Kensington.
The driver of a white CR-V crashed into an Amazon trailer that had jackknifed minutes before and was blocking traffic on north Intestate 15 at the Interstate-8 interchange around 2:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
Crews from San Diego Fire-Rescue arrived to extract the driver and vehicle from underneath the semi. The driver died at a hospital after being taken there by paramedics.
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A SigAlert was issued shortly after the accident. Traffic on I-15 was diverted to I-8 until 6 a.m.
No other information was released.
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