At least three crashes took place on the northern part of Interstate 15 from Carmel Mountain to Escondido on Tuesday night, and a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer says street racing may have caused it.
A number of motorists reported cars that appeared to be racing at around 8:45 p.m., CHP Officer Mary Bailey said. Officers quickly responded to two crashes close to Carmel Mountain Road and a third crash located on the off-ramp Via Rancho Parkway.
The CHP was conducting an investigation about the number of cars that were involved in the collision, as well as the exact number of crashes that transpired. So far, there have been no reports of injuries, citations and arrests, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Escondido Police Lt. Kevin Toth said that there were about a thousand to 1,500 vehicles coming from numerous clubs that that congregated Westfield North County mall on Via Rancho Parkway.
However, the drivers there immediately spread out after officers from the Escondido Police Department made a broadcast announcement that vehicles needed to leave and that the malls would be closed.
This isn't the only highway-related incident that happened just recently on the Interstate 15, as a motorcyclist lost his life last month after he tumbled onto a city street below from a freeway bridge in Escondido, according to ABC 10 News. The victim was splitting lanes in traffic on the southbound part of Interstate 15 close to state Route 78, and ended up clipping a car that was changing lanes before 7:30 a.m. on August 15.
Another incident that took place near the interstate was a brush fire that darkened three dozen acres in the Deer Springs area in the same month. The cause of the brush fires was not determined, but there were no reports of damages in buildings or injuries, according to CBS 8 News.
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