Rear-end crash injures 2 on I-5 in Carlsbad, DUI suspect arrested

Publish Date: 2023/10/25

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — Two people were injured late Sunday when their car was hit by a DUI suspect in Carlsbad, according to NBC San Diego.

The accident happened on the southbound lanes of I-5 near Cannon Road, just before 10:00 p.m.

California Highway Patrol officials say Andrew David Shaw, 44, of Escondido, was driving a Ford Raptor pickup truck southbound when it hit the back of a Nissan Altima sedan.

First responders rushed the Nissan’s two female occupants, the 53-year-old driver and her 31-year-old passenger, to a trauma center for severe injuries. Officials confirmed the driver, whose identity remains undisclosed, was pronounced deceased.

Shaw, was also taken to a hospital for minor injuries, was later arrested for an investigation into “DUI, gross vehicular manslaughter, resisting arrest and first-degree homicide.” He was last held in county jail in Vista without bail while awaiting his arraignment Wednesday afternoon.

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