California Highway Patrol cruiser. Photo by Chris Stone
A California Highway Patrol cruiser. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego)

One person was killed Thursday when a vehicle veered off a rural roadway and struck an embankment.

The fatal crash happened on state Route 78 at Weekend Villa Road in Ramona shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

One person died at the scene of the accident, which forced a closure of SR-78, the CHP reported.