Police witness shooting while investigating fatal crash

SAN DIEGO — Pictures had been fired on the website of a deadly crash on a San Diego freeway ramp early Sunday morning, authorities mentioned.

The crash occurred shortly after midnight on the ramp from northbound Interstate 805 to state Route 94, in response to California Freeway Patrol logs.

Video from OnScene TV confirmed a big pickup truck appeared to hit a guardrail after which a concrete overpass help, ending up again within the lanes of the ramp. The impression crushed the truck’s cab and trapped the motive force inside.

Firefighters labored for an prolonged interval to chop away wreckage and attain the particular person, who was then pronounced useless on the scene, in response to CHP. It wasn’t initially clear what prompted the motive force to lose management, however the truck was the one automobile concerned. The motive force was not publicly recognized.

In the course of the lethal crash investigation, officers noticed and heard a number of gunshots fired from a white pickup truck on the Market Avenue and I-805 intersection, CHP mentioned. It’s unknown whether or not the shooter was aiming on the officers on the crash scene.

Nobody concerned within the crash investigation was hit and officers didn’t instantly discover proof of different gunshot victims.

Officers discovered a minimum of one shell casing on the bottom by the exit, video confirmed.