Woman and teen injured in alleged hit-and-run on SR-78 in San Marcos

Publish Date: 2022/03/05

SAN MARCOS, CA – A teenage girl and a woman were injured in a crash involving an alleged hit-and-run driver on State Route 78 in San Marcos on Thursday night, according to ABC 10 News.

The crash happened on eastbound SR-78 near Nordahl Road at around 9 p.m., when the driver of a Honda Civic swerved to the left of the lane. There, he crashed into a Toyota Yaris traveling in the adjacent lane, and the impact caused the Yaris to overturn.

The driver of the Honda then fled the scene on foot.

The driver of the Yaris, a 38-year-old woman, was hospitalized with severe injuries.

Her passenger, a 16-year-old girl, suffered moderately severe wounds in the collision.

The driver of the Honda, who was later identified as 19-year-old Escondido resident Matthew Gibbs, was later taken into police custody on suspicion of felony hit-and-run.

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Ross Jurewitz

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