3 San Diegans Die in Head-On Crash
Three San Diegans were killed Sunday in a head-on collision on the toll road between Tijuana and Ensenada about 60 miles from the border, a spokesman for the Mexican Federal Judicial Police said.
A northbound car driven by Arthur Sorrells Lee, 52, was traveling at a high speed when it struck the center divider of the toll road and crossed into the southbound lanes, colliding head-on with a car driven by Mary September Miller of San Diego, the spokesman said. Lee and his passenger, Brian Sorrells Lee, 20, were killed in the crash, the spokesman said.
Miller’s passenger, Diane Stevens, 29, died Monday at UC San Diego Medical Center of severe head injuries she suffered in the accident, San Diego County Deputy Coroner Penne Hammerstead said. Miller was in fair condition Monday with a deep chest bruise, said Eileen Callahan, UC San Diego Medical Center spokeswoman.
Speeding was the cause of the accident, the Mexican police spokesman said.
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