Three people, ages 18 to 20, were killed in a solo vehicle crash in the Sorrento Valley area of San Diego and the driver of the vehicle was hospitalized Saturday morning with severe burns.
The crash was reported at 9:45 p.m. Friday in the 9900 block of Camino Santa Fe, according to Officer Tony Martinez of the San Diego Police Department.
A preliminary investigation determined an 18-year-old woman driving her Chevy pickup southbound on Camino Santa Fe at a high rate of speed lost control of the truck, which began spinning, jumped the center island and struck a pine tree, Martinez said.
Three passengers in the vehicle died at the scene and the driver survived the crash with third- and fourth-degree burns, Martinez said.
Alcohol was not suspected as a factor in the crash.
The names of the victims were not disclosed.