4 UCSD Students Hit by Drunk Driver: Police

Four University of California San Diego students were involved in a head-on collision Saturday night when a suspected drunk driver veered into their lane and struck them in University City, San Diego police said.

One student, in his early 20s, was transported to a hospital after the suspect's Toyota truck clipped the Nissan sedan at 11:41 p.m. on the 9500 block of Genesee Avenue.

The victim suffered a lacerated liver and spleen, police said. The other passengers sustained only minor injuries.

The male driver of the truck was also taken to a local trauma unit for observation.

He will receive a felony charge for allegedly driving under the influence, police said.
 

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