ESCONDIDO (CNS) - An allegedly-drunk driver struck and killed a woman crossing a street in Escondido early Sunday, police said.
Officers responded to a report of a pedestrian hit by a car in the 1000 block of East Washington Avenue at about 12:15 a.m., according to Escondido police Lt. Mike Kearney.
Paramedics took a 32-year-old woman to Palomar Hospital with two broken femurs, as well as multiple internal and head injuries, Kearney said. She later died at the hospital.
Witnesses told police a Ford Ranger had been traveling west on Washington Avenue while the woman and a male companion were crossing the street. The driver of the ranger swerved to avoid the man and instead struck the female victim, witnesses said.
The driver, identified as 32-year-old Joel Francisco Juan, was arrested and taken to Vista Detention Center on suspicion of felony drunken driving and gross vehicular manslaughter, Kearney said.
Woman killed by suspected drunk driver in Escondido
An allegedly-drunk driver struck and killed a woman crossing a street in Escondido early Sunday, police said. Officers responded to a report of a pedestrian hit by a car in the 1000 block of East W...
