CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Two people were killed on Saturday morning in a crash involving a wrong-way motorist and multiple vehicles on Interstate 5 in Chula Vista, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash on the southbound freeway, north of L Street, occurred at 4:55 a.m., as a vehicle was driving northbound in southbound lanes, according to CHP Public Information Officer Salvador Castro.
The CHP said the suspect's vehicle -- which had its lights off -- crashed into a Ford Focus. It was not known whether the two people died at the scene or at an area hospital.
All southbound lanes of I-5 were closed and traffic was being diverted off J Street. The lanes finally reopened around 3 p.m.
