State Route 78 reopened for the second time Friday afternoon after a car rolled over the edge of a canyon in San Pasqual, leaving one person dead Thursday night.
SR-78 was closed in both directions between Bandy Canyon Road and Ramona Highlands Road following the crash and reopened around midnight. Lanes were closed again at Bandy Canyon Road for a law enforcement investigation from around 12:30 p.m. to a little after 3 p.m., according to Caltrans San Diego.
According to police, the driver of the Dodge Charger was driving at a high rate of speed going westbound on San Pasqual Valley Road. When crossing into eastbound lanes to pass multiple vehicles, he lost control and veered off the roadway to the left. The vehicle then struck a boulder causing his vehicle to flip, cross both lanes of traffic and go down an embankment on the north side of the roadway.
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The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, inside his vehicle, police said.
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