A 67-year-old man was seriously injured when he stepped in front of a truck in the Clairemont Mesa area Monday afternoon.

The collision took place around 2:20 P.M. on Monday at 6900 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, according to the San Diego Police Department.

A 68-year-old man driving a 2012 Ford F-150 truck reportedly struck the pedestrian after he stepped in front of the truck during the vehicle’s right-of-way on the off-ramp of the 805 to Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. .

The victim was taken to a hospital with a fractured skull. His injuries were non life-threatening, and alcohol was not a factor, police said.

Police asked anyone with information related to the collision to call SDPD or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

City News Service contributed to this report.

A BMW hit a tree Sunday and knocked down a telephone pole at Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center.

The crash happened at 3:45 p.m. at 15954 Woods Valley Road, according to a California Highway Patrol incident log.

A 911 caller reported that the driver remained in the vehicle after the crash. The CHP said the BMW was smoking and the driver appeared to be injured, while also complaining of chest pain.

There was no further word on the motorist’s condition.

The farm sells nuts from around the world and is a popular North County tourist attraction.

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An elderly woman was hospitalized with serious injuries Saturday after being run over by her own vehicle in her driveway.

The accident was reported at 4 p.m. in the 9000 block of Three Seasons Road, according to San Diego police Officer Robert Heims.

It happened after the woman, 80, pulled her vehicle into the driveway of her home near Miramar.

“The vehicle began to roll backwards, and for unknown reasons the driver exited her vehicle,” he said. “She appeared to be reaching in the vehicle to press something when she was knocked to the ground by her driver’s side door. The front left tire rolled over her before the vehicle came to rest against the curb.”

The woman suffered multiple fractures to her chest and damage to her liver and a lung, Heims said.

The accident remains under investigation, he said.

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Three men suffered injuries Thursday morning, one serious, in a collision on a rural road in Wynola.

The crash occurred about 8:15 a.m.

A westbound 1995 Chevrolet pickup veered to the left across a set of double yellow lines west of Springview Road for unknown reasons and sideswiped an oncoming 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe, according the California Highway Patrol.

The impact sent the SUV careening off the south side of the roadway where it went down an embankment and crashed into a tree. The truck spun out on the asphalt, coming to rest in the eastbound lane.

Paramedics airlifted the driver of the pickup, a Julian resident, 71, to Palomar Medical Center for treatment of major head trauma and evaluation of complaints of pain in his chest and legs.

An ambulance crew treated a Temecula man, 63, who had been driving the SUV and his passenger, a Carlsbad resident, 62, at the scene for minor injuries.

All three men were properly restrained at the time of the accident. Neither driver was believed to have been intoxicated, according to the CHP

A motorist suffered injuries in a traffic collision Sunday when he failed to stop at a red light and crashed into two vehicles.

The crash happened at 12:42 p.m. Sunday on northbound Pomerado Road at Rancho Bernardo Road, said Officer Tony Martinez of the San Diego Police Department.

Two vehicles sat idling at the red light when a 70-year-old man driving a four-door sedan failed to stop. He crashed into both vehicles, Martinez said.

The driver suffered a fractured pelvis and was taken to the hospital, the officer said.

Traffic Division officers will handle the investigation.

A 19-year-old man drove into a parked car, then hit a pedestrian and a second car Saturday afternoon in Fairmount Park.

The crash happened outside 4000 Home Ave. just after 3 p.m., said San Diego police Officer Robert Heims.

The pedestrian, a 56-year-old man, suffered a serious leg injury and was transported to a hospital for treatment, Heims said.

The driver complained of shoulder pain and was being investigated for possibly driving under the influence, Heims said. The crash was being investigated by SDPD’s traffic division.

Anyone with information on this crash was asked to call the SDPD at either 619-531-2000 or 858-484-3154.

Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477

Police arrested a man suspected of multiple crimes – including an attack on a police officer and two truck thefts – Saturday after a pursuit that caused at least three wrecks.

The situation began Friday afternoon when a witness notified Chula Vista police that a man had smashed the window of a car in Walmart’s parking lot in the 1100 block of Broadway.

An officer arrived and recognized the man as a known criminal, according to OnScene.TV.

The suspect allegedly attacked the officer, hitting him in the face with a heavy wrench and knocking him down.

The officer was treated and released at a local hospital, but the suspect fled.

About 12 hours later, at 2 a.m. Saturday, National City police spotted the suspect in a stolen Dodge Ram truck, and gave chase, OnScene.TV reported.

The suspect led them through the city and onto southbound Interstate 805, where their speeds reached over 100 mph. When the suspect exited at H Street in Chula Vista, he made a U-turn, heading the wrong direction on the ramp, where he hit a National City patrol vehicle.

The officer was uninjured and the chase continued, as the suspect proceeded northbound in the southbound lanes at high speed. At E Street, the suspect’s vehicle collided with a Toyota SUV driven by a freelance journalist who suffered a broken arm.

The suspect, according to OnScene.TV, though injured, fled on foot. At 3 a.m., National City police spotted him again, this time in a different stolen truck, and chased him onto the eastbound lanes of state Route 94.

During the pursuit, the suspect turned around, to travel west on the eastbound side, where he caused another accident.

Police eventually caught up with him near Mount Hope Cemetery, where he was treated for an injured leg. OnScene.TV reported that he faces several felony charges.

A motorcyclist suffered severe injuries Saturday when an SUV turned in front of him on a street in Encanto.

The crash, at Federal Boulevard and Winnett Street, happened about 4:10 p.m., San Diego police Officer Robert Heims said.

The motorcyclist, 31, traveled eastbound on Federal. The other driver, 23, made his way north on Winnett in a Chevrolet Suburban and attempted to make a left in front of the motorcycle.

The motorcyclist suffered fractures to his right leg and right foot, and required transport to a hospital for treatment, Heims said.

The investigation into the crash continues, he said.

Anyone with information on the crash should call San Diego police at 619-531-2000. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

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A motorist was seriously injured Wednesday when concrete debris from a damaged center-divider wall smashed through his windshield on Interstate 8 near Grossmont High School.

Part of the barrier was broken apart in the area of Severin Drive in La Mesa by an out-of-control eastbound Ford F-350 truck that plowed into it shortly after noon, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Chunks of the wall landed on the other side of the freeway and hurtled into the front of a westbound Infiniti G37 coupe, shattering its windshield and severely injuring the 24-year-old El Cajon man behind the wheel.

Medics took him to Sharp Memorial Hospital along with the driver of the truck, whose condition was not released.

The wreck forced closures of two lanes on each side of the interstate into the mid-afternoon. The freeway was fully open again in the area by about 4 p.m.

Authorities believe the driver of the pickup, 64-year-old Lakeside man who was towing a car on a trailer, may have suffered a medical emergency just prior to the accident, since a witness described seeing him slumped over the steering wheel before the truck hit the wall, CHP public affairs Officer Kevin Pearlstein said.

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Eight children suffered apparently superficial injuries Tuesday afternoon when a school bus made an abrupt stop near Flinn Springs County Park, authorities reported.

The accident in the 14800 block of Olde Highway 80 occurred shortly after 3:30 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.

Some of the roughly 50 youngsters aboard the bus reported hitting their heads as the vehicle lurched to a stop, the CHP reported. Medics took eight of the students to a hospital for precautionary exams and evaluated several others at the accident site.

The driver of the bus may have braked hard to avoid a collision, according to the CHP.

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