A woman who died when she drove the wrong way on a freeway and hit another car, killing two Southern California police detectives, was a diabetic who may have become disoriented because of low blood sugar, her husband said Tuesday.
SDPD Detectives Ryan Park and Jamie Huntley-Park were killed Friday morning in a fiery head-on collision caused by a speeding motorist going the wrong way on I-5.
Several wrong-way crashes in San Diego County in a week
Public safety officials say there s been a spike in wrong-way crashes on San Diego roadways this past week. Three crashes were deadly and one left a driver injured. Author: Heather Hope (Reporter) Updated: 5:24 PM PDT June 6, 2021
CHULA VISTA, Calif These wrong-way collisions are on the rise, so we have to all do something to prevent them,” said AAA Spokesperson Doug Shupe of Southern California.
Shupe said although Caltrans reports wrong-way crashes account for about 1% of all crashes on California highways, 37 people are killed on average each year. When they do happen, these are very violent crashes because they are typically head-on, they are typically at higher speeds and they almost always end in fatalities,” Shupe said.