Traffic & Transit

Driver Killed In Solo SUV Crash In Valley Center

The driver was ejected from the SUV and died at the scene.

SAN DIEGO, CA — A motorist died Tuesday morning in a solo rainy-day crash in Valley Center.

The man was headed south on Valley Center Road shortly after 10:30 a.m. when his late-1990s GMC Yukon veered off the street for unknown reasons, struck a fencepost and overturned, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The driver was ejected from the SUV and died at the scene. His name was withheld pending family notification.

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The cause of the accident was under investigation, CHP Public Affairs Officer Ryan Harrison said.

— City News Service

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