Driver Runs Red Light, Dies In Broadside Collision In University City

SAN DIEGO, CA — A 74-year-old man ran a red light Thursday and died in a broadside collision at a University City-area intersection.

The man went through a red light at Eastgate Mall and Towne Center Drive about 9:15 a.m., crashing his westbound Mitsubishi SUV into a northbound Honda Accord, according to the San Diego Fire Department.

The impact caused the SUV to overturn and slide into a traffic signal pole, SDPD Officer David O'Brien said. The driver, whose name was withheld pending family notification, died at the scene.

Paramedics took a 73-year-old woman who had been in the SUV to a trauma center for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries, O'Brien said. The driver of the Honda was taken to a hospital with chest pain.

— City News Service