San Miguel Fire & Rescue Department truck
A San Miguel Fire & Rescue Department truck. Courtesy OnScene.TV

A van veered off the Route 94 into a pole in Spring Valley on Saturday, killing two people and sending a third to a hospital.

The fatal crash was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 6:14 p.m. Saturday on the westbound freeway at the Bancroft Drive on-ramp.

Witnesses told the CHP that the vehicle veered off the freeway and hit a light pole.

Responding firefighters from the San Miguel Fire & Rescue confirmed that two people were dead and another was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

City News Service contributed to this article.

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