A 12-year-old was killed Tuesday when an alleged drunk driver crashed into the car they were in Oceanside Tuesday night, authorities said.
At 11 p.m. the Oceanside Police Department received calls of a two-car crash on Surfrider Way and North Myers Street. Police said the crash occurred when a white Volkswagen was traveling Northbound on Myers Street at a high rate of speed and broadsided a blue Nissan Altima which was traveling east on Surfrider Way.
Police arrived to find a 12-year-old boy dead at the scene. The driver and another young passenger of the Altima suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. The two passengers of the Volkswagen suffered non-life-threatening injuries. All four were taken to a local hospital. The investigation is ongoing but police suspect that both alcohol and speed were a factor in the crash. The driver of the Volkswagen was placed under arrest at the hospital for suspicion of DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to call Traffic Collision Investigator Kevin Lissner at 435-4651.
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