Updated at 7:57 Sunday, Jan. 10
A speeding Acura ran a red light Sunday in the Palm City community of San Diego and crashed into a van, killing four people inside his car and critically injuring another person.
The crash in the area of Industrial Boulevard and Main Street occurred about 2 a.m., said Sgt. Ray Battrick of the San Diego Police Department.
The Acura was speeding southbound on Industrial Boulevard when it ran a red light at Main Street and struck a westbound Honda Odyssey van occupied by five people, Battrick said. The Acura continued and hit a traffic signal pole, breaking it.
Three people in the Acura were ejected and later died at an area hospital, he said. Another person in the Acura was killed and another person suffered critical injuries. Two people in the van complained of pain.
Police said that the driver of a minivan involved in a collision that killed four people passed a sobriety test, according to a broadcast report. There was no other immediate information.
— City News Service
