SAN DIEGO, CA – Two people fled the scene of a single-vehicle crash in Mission Bay that left one person seriously injured last Friday night.
According to KGTV, the driver of a 2005 Toyota Corolla lost control and crashed when he failed to negotiate the curve Quivira Way shortly after 9 p.m.
The driver and two other male occupants fled the scene on foot, leaving another seriously injured man inside the vehicle. The victim was rushed to a local hospital with facial fractures and other potentially life-threatening injuries.
The identities of the other men involved in the crash are unclear at this time. Should more information come to light, this blog will be updated.
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