18-Year-Old Dies in I-8 Car Crash
An 18-year-old La Jolla man was killed early Wednesday morning when he lost control of his car on Interstate 8 just west of Buckman Springs Road in Campo.
Chad Aron Drucker of the 8800 block of Villa La Jolla was heading west at high speed when his car ran off the road’s right shoulder, authorities said. He was thrown out of the car as it overturned, and it landed on top of him.
Drucker was pinned under the car and died at the scene about 1:30 a.m. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to California Highway Patrol officer Denise Sizneros. A passenger in the car who was wearing a seat belt, 18-year-old Jeremy Kovalcheck of San Diego, received minor injuries, Sizneros said.
Authorities reported that Drucker had been driving drunk and are still investigating.
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