JANUARY 5, 2009 – Yaser Ali Sayah, 20, of El Cajon, was killed in a high-speed crash on Highway 52 early this morning, the San Diego CHP has reported. Sayah was a passenger, one of four people in a white BMW 323-I that flipped over on eastbound Highway 52 west of Convoy Street just before 1:45 this morning. The crash caused Sayah and two others to be ejected. Sayah was not wearing a seatbelt, according to the San Diego Medical Examiner. A 19-year-old person in the right back seat was not ejected and was not injured. Sayah was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The CHP is investigating whether alcohol was a factor in the Kearny Mesa crash.
JANUARY 5, 2009 – The Oceanside CHP is investigating an accident that killed a 24-year-old pregnant woman early Sunday morning. The woman has been identified as Yine Erandy Gonzalez Angeles, of Tijuana, Mexico. She was about six months pregnant. Gonzalez was a passenger, one of five people riding in a Ford Explorer going northbound I-5 near the Lomas Santa Fe Drive exit in Solana Beach. Her husband, 5-year-old daughter and two other relatives were in the car with her. The accident occurred about 1 a.m., when the SUV was struck from behind by a Nissan Altima driven by John F. Sudac Jr., of Oceanside.
The Ford Explorer rolled over several times and Gonzalez Angeles was partially ejected from the car. A witness stopped and helped Sudac and a passenger. When the witness went to help the family in the Ford Explorer, Sudac and his passenger took off on foot.
Gonzales Angeles was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, where an emergency Cesarean delivery was performed. Neither could be saved and both mother and child were pronounced dead at the emergency room, according to the San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office.
Later on Sunday, an attorney contacted the CHP on behalf of Sudac. Sunday night, Sudac was booked at the Vista Jail on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated, fleeing the scene of an accident, and possession of marijuana. The CHP is also looking for a motorist who stopped at the crash site and stole Gonzalez’s purse. The accident investigation is ongoing.
JANUARY 2, 2009 – The CHP has reported Gaudencio Reyes-Guaintana, 29, of San Marcos, was killed early New Years Day in a two vehicle crash in Rancho Santa Fe. According to the Medical Examiner’s report, Reyes-Guaintana was driving northbound on El Camino Real in his 2001 GMC Jimmy when his SUV went off the road and landed in the San Elijo Lagoon at the western end of La Orilla. A 2008 Dodge Caliber driving in the same direction went off the road at a sharp bend in the road and landed on top of Reyes-Guaintana’s roof. The driver of the Dodge Caliber, Quintin Garza III, 21, of Oceanside, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and felony manslaughter charges. The CHP is investigating the Rancho Santa Fe fatality crash.
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.
DECEMBER 29, 2008 – Michael Maala Serrano, 28, of Escondido, was killed early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle rollover crash on La Jolla Parkway. Serrano was a passenger in a Lexus LS-300, which struck a guardrail and rolled over in Rose Canyon near the I-5 and SR-52 interchange. The accident occurred just after 2:05 a.m. The driver of the car was apparently speeding and lost control of the vehicle. Serrano was ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The driver and another male passenger were taken to an emergency room, according to San Diego police. The La Jolla Parkway auto accident remains under investigation.
DECEMBER 24, 2008 – San Diego Police reported a 35-year-old man suffered serious injuries in a rollover crash on Torrey Pines Road early this morning. The man, whose identity has not been released, was driving north on Torrey Pines Road, south of La Jolla Village Road, when he lost control of his car, and hit the center divider. He suffered head injuries and also injured his pelvis. The accident happened shortly before 12:30 a.m. Police believe alcohol may have been a factor in the crash.
DECEMBER 22, 2008 – A 56-year-old woman suffered serious head injuries after she was struck by a car late Monday morning in the Core-Columbia district of downtown San Diego. The woman, whose identity was not released, was walking across Fourth Avenue at B Street when a car making a left turn into the intersection hit her. She was taken to UCSD Medical Center. Police are investigating the cause of the pedestrian accident.
DECEMBER 22, 2008 – Authorities reported a 23-year-old El Cajon resident was killed Sunday night when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed on Route 94. According to the CHP, the accident happened near Melody Lane around 11:45 p.m. The victim, identified as Jason MacLaren, was driving east on Route 94 when he crossed the divider, struck an embankment and veered back onto the road. The accident caused the man to be ejected from his Kia Spectra. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The CHP is investigating the cause of the crash.
DECEMBER 22, 2008 – Sean Walker Jordan, 19, of Fallbrook, died Saturday after an accident on SR-76 in Bonsall, according to the San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office. Jordan was driving a Toyota Tundra truck east on Highway 76 when the truck went off the road and landed upside down. The accident happened just around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, east of Mission Avenue near Sweetgrass Lane. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the Bonsall fatality accident.
DECEMBER 16, 2008 – Sheriff’s deputies reported yesterday that a man suffered serious injuries early Monday morning when his Hummer H3 rolled over in North County. The single vehicle rollover accident happened at around 1:40 a.m. on San Elijo Road. The driver was distracted and drove his SUV over a sidewalk and through a wooden fence. The H3 rolled over on the dirt shoulder and landed back on the street. The driver, whose identity has not been released, was taken to Palomar Medical Center for treatment of his injuries. Sheriff’s officials are investigating whether alcohol was a factor in the SUV rollover crash.
