1 dead, 1 injured after pickup and big rig collide in Borrego Springs

Publish Date: 2022/05/07

BORREGO SPRINGS, CA – One man was killed and another was injured after a pickup truck and a big rig collided in eastern San Diego County yesterday morning, according to information from FOX 5 San Diego.

The crash happened at about 11:30 a.m. in Borrego Springs on Borrego Salton Sea Way near Henderson Canyon Road, when the driver of an eastbound GMC pickup truck veered into the lane of oncoming traffic. There, he collided head-on with a Freightliner truck.

The driver, who has not yet been publicly identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A passenger in the pickup truck, a 57-year-old man from Indio, was airlifted to the hospital in Escondido with moderately severe wounds.

The driver of the Freightliner was not hurt in the crash.

Authorities continue to investigate the collision at this time.

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