A woman was killed and three of her family were hospitalized when their car was hit by a drugged driver near Bonsall.
Fatal car accident: A 53-year-old mom was killed Sunday when a driver who was high on marijuana crossed a double yellow line and crashed head-on into her vehicle on State Route 76 in North San Diego County near Bonsall.
• A 22-year-old man who was high on marijuana lost control of his pickup truck and crossed a center line into oncoming traffic.
• The pickup truck slammed head-on into a car. The driver of the car was killed. Her husband, daughter and grandson were hospitalized.
• The truck driver had a lot of marijuana in his truck and admitted to smoking some earlier. He was arrested at the scene and faces multiple charges, including gross vehicular manslaughter, driving on a suspended license, and five counts of DUI causing bodily injury.
The drugged driving crash occurred about 1½ miles east of Interstate 15 at 3:22 p.m., according to a report in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt said 22-year-old Menifee resident Jonathon David Roberts was under the influence of marijuana when he drove his westbound 1997 Dodge Ram pickup truck across the double yellow line and into oncoming traffic on State Route 76 on Christmas Eve.
Witnesses said Roberts had been swerving all over the road before that. He had veered to the right and then suddenly jerked the truck back to the left when he crossing into the eastbound lane. The truck then slammed head-on into an eastbound 2010 Honda Fit driven by 53-year-old Socorro Aguirre-Reynosa of Oceanside.
Aguirre-Reynosa died at the scene. Her husband, 30-year-old daughter, and 13-year-old grandson suffered serious injuries and were hospitalized at Palomar Hospital, Bettencourt said.
A 2004 BMW 328i traveling behind the Honda apparently swerved to avoid being hit and her car went off of the south side of the road and down an embankment. The driver, a Carlsbad woman whose name was not released, was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries she suffered. The nature and severity of her injuries was not known.
Roberts, who had a large amount of marijuana in his car, admitted to smoking some earlier in the day, Bettencourt said. He was arrested at the scene and then taken to Palomar Hospital to be treated for minor injuries. He was booked into Vista jail.
Roberts faces multiple charges, including gross vehicular manslaughter, driving on a suspended license, and five counts of driving under the influence causing bodily injury.
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