A 6-year-old boy riding in the back seat of a speeding subcompact car in Chollas View was seriously injured when the 29-year- old driver struck a signal post in the center median at Market Street, the San Diego Police Department said Monday.
The crash happened at about 4 p.m. Sunday when the driver of a Toyota Yaris was exiting northbound Interstate 805 at Market Street at a high rate of speed, according to SDPD Officer John Buttle .
The driver was unable to slow down enough and struck a signal post in the center median, the officer said.
Her rear passenger, a boy, sustained a right thigh fracture and was taken to a hospital, Buttle said.
There were no other injuries and Traffic Division officers were investigating the crash.
— City News Service
