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Four people were killed on Saturday after a pickup truck plunged 60 feet off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge into a crowd gathered at a park below, The Associated Press reported. Four people were killed on Saturday after a pickup truck plunged 60 feet off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge into a crowd gathered at a park below, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol said.
Two other people, including the driver, were seriously injured, and seven others had minor to moderate injuries, the authorities said. Two people, including the driver, were seriously injured, and seven others had minor to moderate injuries, the spokesman, Officer Jake Sanchez, said in a telephone interview. The four people killed were beneath the bridge, and the driver was the only occupant of the vehicle, he said.
The California Highway Patrol said the driver had been taken to a hospital and would be arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, The Associated Press reported. The driver, a man, was taken to a hospital and charged with driving under the influence, Officer Sanchez said. The identities of the victims and the driver were not immediately available.
The pickup had been traveling north on Interstate 5 and had exited toward the bridge when it went airborne, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. It crashed around 3:45 p.m. in front of a stage where a band had been playing at a festival, witnesses said. The pickup had been traveling north on Interstate 5 and had exited onto the bridge when it went airborne, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. It crashed around 3:45 p.m. in front of a stage where a band had been playing at a festival, witnesses said.
Witnesses also said the truck landed on a vendor’s tent that had been set up for the festival.Witnesses also said the truck landed on a vendor’s tent that had been set up for the festival.