Carlsbad

An Oceanside man was arrested and charged with drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter after the truck he was driving crashed into two passenger cars in Carlsbad, killing the driver of one vehicle and injuring two other people, Carlsbad police said.

The driver, Martin Herrera Castenada, 30, was arrested Wednesday by Carlsbad police. He also was charged with possession of an illegal weapon that was found in the truck, said Steven Clary, a Carlsbad police officer.

Herrera was eastbound on La Costa Avenue, about half a mile east of Interstate 5, when his truck crossed over the center line at 3:50 p.m. and hit a passenger vehicle head-on, police said.

The car’s driver, Kermit Reid Weyland, 80, of Leucadia, was killed instantly, a coroner’s spokesman said. His wife, Maxine Weyland, who was a passenger in the car, was taken by Life Flight to Palomar Memorial Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition, police said.

After hitting the first car, police said, Herrera’s truck struck a vehicle driven by Shirley Meltzer, 61. Meltzer, of Leucadia, was treated at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas and released.

Herrera was treated at Palomar for minor wounds and released into police custody.