A male driver suffered moderate injuries early Sunday after his SUV went off the road, went up an embankment and ended up rolling on its side.
The driver was believed to have been traveling southbound on Regents Road at around 2:40 a.m., according to OnScene.TV when the wreck occurred. Rescuers had trouble spotting the SUV in the area south of state Route 52, but they found it covered in brush on their second try.
Using the “Jaws of Life,” firefighters took about 20 minutes to cut the roof off the SUV to reach the trapped driver and extricate him.
San Diego police closed the southbound lanes on Regents for approximately 90 minutes after the crash.
Medics sent the driver to Scripps La Jolla Hospital.
