Justice · Pacific Beach crashPacific Beach crash: Woman killed, other driver arrested on suspicion of DUIWritten November 6, 2026 at 5:19 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:07A two-car crash killed a fifty-nine-year-old woman in Pacific Beach.0:12Police arrested the other driver on suspicion of driving under the influence.0:17Investigators still have to determine the full sequence that led to the deadly0:21impact.0:22The woman was driving a Toyota Camry in San Diego's Beach neighborhood Thursday0:26morning, November5.0:29An ambulance took her to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.0:33Police say the other vehicle struck her driver's side door.0:36Police now describe high-speed travel before the impact.0:40Earlier, they hadn't confirmed whether speed played a role.0:44Their account now includes both that description and an arrest on suspicion of0:49impaired driving.0:50The man driving the Ford was forty-one.0:52Police say he traveled northbound on Mission Boulevard at high speed before hitting0:57the Camry.0:58He was driving a2014 Ford fusion, and officers arrested him on suspicion of driving1:04under the influence.1:05The collision closed sections of Grand Avenue and Mission Boulevard, two major1:09streets in Pacific Beach.1:12Police initially expected the emergency response, an investigation to block those1:16roads for several hours.1:18That estimate was issued on November5.1:20Grand Avenue's closure covered the seven hundred to eight hundred block, between1:25Ocean Boulevard and Bayard Street.1:28Mission Boulevards covered the forty three hundred to forty-four hundred blocks.1:32Between Hornblende Street and Thomas Avenue, we don't know whether those sections1:36are open now.1:37Witness Kenneth Kirk saw a black Ford speeding, heard a loud boom, and said the1:42Camry spun around on impact.1:45He described the Ford's pace as he was going like freeway speeds down the main1:50highway.1:50Kirk estimated the Ford was traveling at sixty miles per hour or more.1:55That's his eyewitness estimate.1:57Police haven't supplied a measured speed.2:00Kirk also said he couldn't tell whether the Camry had gone through a red light.2:04Police describe high speed and suspect impaired driving, but investigators haven't2:09announced a final cause or a charging decision.2:12The San Diego Police Department's traffic division is investigating.2:16Police have asked anyone with information about the collision to contact crime2:20stoppers at eight eight eight five eight eight eight four seven seven.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
