Investigators arrested a 38-year-old man who was allegedly driving drunk when he crashed head-on into another car in Pala Sunday morning, killing the other driver, California Highway Patrol officials said.
Officers received a call of a Chevrolet Tahoe colliding with a Mitsubishi Outlander on state Route 76 east of Lilac Road around 1 a.m., CHP Officer Hunter Gerber said.
Officers said the Chevrolet apparently veered into opposing lanes of traffic, struck the Mitsubishi and then overturned, Gerber said.
Paramedics took the 58-year-old woman driving the Mitsubishi to a hospital, where she died, investigators said. Her name will be released by the county Medical Examiner’s Office.
Gerber said evidence indicates alcohol was a factor in the crash.
The Tahoe’s driver — Pala resident Jason Angelo Albright — was booked into Vista Jail on suspicion of murder, gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI.
The crash is under investigation.
