1 Killed, at least 3 Injured in Oceanside Car Accident

One Person Dead, At Least Three Others Hurt in Multi-Vehicle Collision on Interstate 5 in Oceanside

1 Killed, at least 3 Injured in Oceanside Car Accident

Oceanside, California: One person died, and at least three others were injured in a multi-vehicle accident involving a speeding driver that occurred Wednesday night in Oceanside.

The California Highway Patrol said the pileup was reported at about 9:20 p.m. on northbound Interstate 5, north of State Route 78.

According to investigators, a red sedan was, for an unknown reason, parked on the side of the road when a red Corvette traveling at a high rate of speed passed on the right shoulder and crashed into the sedan.

The impact sent the red sedan into the slow lane, where it collided with an 18-wheeler.

Officers said the driver of the Corvette got out of the car and ran up a nearby hill.

The officers located the driver and arrested him.

A passenger in the red sedan died at the scene.

At least three others sustained unspecified injuries.

Investigators shut down the right lanes of northbound I-5 at SR-78 and the westbound SR-78 to northbound I-5 connector ramp as they worked the scene.