DUI Not Ruled Out in Fatal Oak Park Crash

NBC San Diego reported on their website over the weekend that a man was killed when he crashed his pickup truck into two parked vehicles on Saturday, November 27.

According to the statement given to reporters by Officer O’Brien with the San Diego Police Department, the fatal crash happened at approximately 8:28 a.m. when a driver in a 2010 Ford F-150 pickup truck was heading southbound in the 5400 block of Timothy Avenue. The truck struck two parked cars.

“The collision with the second parked vehicle caused the F-150 to roll onto its passenger side,” Officer O’Brien told reporters. “The driver has partially ejected out the passenger window.”

Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene of the crash. The driver, a 69-year-old man, was declared dead at the scene of the crash.

Officer O’Brien said that San Diego Police Department Traffic Division detectives would head the investigation. The cause of the crash is still unknown. So far, investigators have not yet ruled out the driver having been under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the crash.  

The accident is currently under investigation.

Police are asking anyone with any information to please contact the San Diego Police Department’s Traffic Division at (858) 495-7800.

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