One person was killed and several others were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Encinitas Thursday night, sheriff's department officials confirmed.
The fatal collision happened around 7 p.m. at Leucadia Boulevard and Garden View Road.
Emergency crews were called to the scene for multiple patients, two of whom were trapped inside a vehicle. Crews from Mercy Air were also requested.
Officials confirmed one person was killed in the crash.
Sheriff’s deputies are providing traffic control in the area while officials investigate.
According to a witness who knew the victim of the crash, the victim was a man in his 20s who was from Portugal and new to the U.S.
The witness told NBC 7 they were in a golf academy together and the victim was heading home for the day, driving east on Leucadia.
The witness saw the victim's car hit the center curb, jump into oncoming traffic and crash into a pickup truck head-on.
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