SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A traffic collision in the Miramar Ranch North neighborhood left an 82-year-old man dead and a 6-year-old boy injured Thursday afternoon, according to San Diego Police.
SDPD officials said in a news release that an 82-year-old driver was traveling eastbound in the 10000 block of Scripps Poway Parkway at around 5:40 p.m. when he failed to negotiate the right bend in the road and struck the south curb of the center island.
SDPD officials said the Tesla continued onto the island and hit multiple trees before the driver was ejected. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 6-year-old boy, who was a passenger of the Tesla, was transported with minor injuries after being lacerated to his head, according to the release.
San Diego Police Traffic Division is investigating the collision, and anyone with information related to this incident is encouraged to call the listed Command handling the investigation or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
