A person was killed Saturday morning in a two- vehicle crash on the Interstate 5 freeway in National City, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash on the northbound freeway, just north of State Route 54, occurred at 4:51 a.m., the CHP reported.
The crash involved a black Toyota Tacoma truck hitting a parked black Jeep at the center divider on the northbound freeway, according to a CHP incident report. The Jeep ended up on its roof.
According to media reports, the truck driver ran away from the scene.
All lanes of the northbound I-5 freeway were shut down, then re-opened at 10:40 a.m. between Mile of Cars Way and Harbor Drive/Civic Center Drive, according to Cal Trans San Diego.
Updated at 11 a.m. Jan. 11, 2020
–City News Service
