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Five people were hospitalized after a driver crashed into six cars on Tuesday morning in Chula Vista just before 11 a-m.
The 21-year-old driver of a white BMW SUV was driving eastbound on East H street near Paseo del Rey when the SUV swerved around cars stopped at a red light and went into oncoming traffic crashing into six cars, according to police. The SUV flipped over and caught on fire.
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The BMW s driver and a 55-year-old woman were both trapped in their crumpled vehicles and had to be rescued, police said.
Five injured in 7-vehicle pileup in Chula Vista
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CHULA VISTA (CNS) - Five people were injured Tuesday in a possibly DUI- related seven-vehicle pileup on a South Bay thoroughfare.
The wreck occurred at about 11 a.m. on East H Street, near Paseo Del Rey in Chula Vista, police said.
Officers arrived to find a 55-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man trapped in their crumpled vehicles, the latter of which had toppled onto its side and caught fire, Officer E. Christopher said.
Emergency crews rescued those two victims and took them to a hospital along with three other people who had been in other vehicles involved in the wreck. Some of the patients injuries including internal trauma and broken bones were serious, but none appeared to be life-threatening, according to police.