Updated at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23
The apparently drunken driver who survived a fiery car crash that killed his two female passengers in Bay Park Saturday was expected to be arrested upon his release from a hospital, police said on Sunday.
Officer Dan Lasher said alcohol was a factor as the driver veered a vehicle to swerve off Friars Road, around 7:30 a.m., and struck a boulder. The vehicle caught fire, which spread to the brush.
He was able to escape and sustained minor cuts and burns. The women’s families in Oceanside were notified by the medical examiner, but their identities were not publicized.
A dog was also killed in the flames, the San Diego County Medical Examiner said.
Friars Road has a set of S-curves in the area of the crash, under the Pacific Highway and railroad track bridges that span the San Diego River and Friars Road.
— City News Service
Two women were killed and one man was injured when their vehicle struck a boulder and burst into flames near Mission Valley Saturday.
San Diego Fire-Rescue said firefighters went to Friars Road and Pacific Highway at about 7:30 a.m. to investigate a small brush fire when they also found a car ablaze.
They extinguished the 10,000-square-foot fire within an hour, but two occupants of the car were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
One man escaped the vehicle and was taken to UC San Diego Medical Center for minor cuts and burns.
According to San Diego police, the victims were headed eastbound in the 4800 block of Friars Road when their car veered off the road, went over the curb and struck a large boulder.
Police said alcohol was involved in the crash.
— City News Service
