According to San Diego police, the driver dies in a solo accident in Bay Park

A 45-year-old man died early Sunday morning after crashing into the back of a parked pickup truck in the Bay Park neighborhood of San Diego, police said.

It happened around 1:45 a.m. as the man was driving south on Clairemont Drive near Ute Street, near Clairemont High School, San Diego Police Officer Jose Perales said in a statement.

The man was behind the wheel of a 2004 BMW 645CI sedan when, for unknown reasons, he veered off the right side of the road and struck the back of a Ford F-350 pickup truck, Perales said. Paramedics took the seriously injured driver to a hospital, where he died.

Perales said it was not immediately known whether alcohol impairment was a factor in the crash, which the department’s transportation division is investigating.

Originally published: November 10, 2024 at 9:27 am PST