DECEMBER 29, 2008 – A woman was killed and four people were injured in a crash on Route 67 in Poway on Sunday afternoon, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has reported. The accident happened near Mt. Woodson at about 2:40 p.m. Melissa Jean Day, 35, of Ramona, was killed in the crash. Day was driving a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup, which collided with a 2002 Ford Ranger pickup. The 2002 pickup was driven by a 17-year-old Ramona boy, who apparently veered across the center lanes into oncoming traffic, striking Day’s truck. Melissa Day was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Her two daughters were in the truck with her and sustained serious injuries in the crash. They were airlifted to Children’s Hospital. The 17-year-old and his 15-year-old female passenger were taken by ambulance to Palomar Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Route 67 was closed from Poway Road to Archie Moore Road while authorities investigated the cause of the Poway crash.
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