Escondido

One man was killed and four others were injured Sunday when their car crashed into a building in Escondido, authorities said.

Escondido police said the driver, Gabriel Martinez, 33, was being held on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Martinez, whose address was not available, was taken to Palomar Medical Center, along with three unidentified passengers in the car, police said. Their conditions were not available.

The identity of the dead man, a passenger who was believed to be in his early 20s, was unknown, said a spokesman for the San Diego County coroner’s office. He died at the scene, the coroner’s spokesman said.

The accident occurred at 9:30 a.m., police said, as the car, traveling west at high speed on Valley Parkway, failed to negotiate a curve at the intersection of Valley Boulevard. Firefighters were called to free those trapped inside the car.