CHP officers
California Highway Patrol. Courtesy OnScene.TV

A motorist was seriously injured early Wednesday morning in a solo-vehicle crash on a freeway in National City.

The crash involving a Honda sedan happened about 2 a.m. on westbound state Route 54 near Highland Avenue, California Highway Patrol Officer Tommy Doerr said.

The sedan blew a tire and crashed into walls on both sides of the westbound freeway lanes before coming to a rest in the middle lanes, according to a CHP incident log.

The driver was transported to Scripps Memorial Hospital in Chula Vista with major injuries, Doerr said.

— City News Service

Chris Jennewein is founder and senior editor of Times of San Diego.