OCEANSIDE, CA : 3 killed in solo SUV crash on SR-78 in Oceanside on Friday, 6th November, 2020

Two men and a woman were killed when an SUV veered off state Route 78 near El Camino Country Club, crashed into a signal pole and caught fire, authorities said Friday.

The crash happened shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday on westbound SR-78 near El Camino Real, California Highway Patrol spokesman Mark Latulippe said.A 43-year-old Escondido man was driving a Mitsubishi Outlander on the westbound freeway when, for unknown reasons, the SUV veered off the roadway, went down an embankment, then struck a fence and a signal light pole at the northwest corner of Vista Way and Valley Glen Drive, Latulippe said.

A CHP officer nearby immediately responded to the crash, but arrived to find the SUV ablaze with all three occupants trapped inside, he said.

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