A 25-year-old man was killed in a head-on collision with a wrong way driver early Saturday morning, officials confirmed.
The deadly crash happened at around 1 a.m. on eastbound State Route 52 near the Mast Boulevard exit in Santee.
According to a report released by the Medical Examiner’s office, Clairemont resident Jayme Midlam, 25, was driving alone in his 1972 Volkswagen Beetle on eastbound SR-52 approaching the Mast Boulevard overcrossing.
At the same time, a Chevy 2500 pickup truck was driving the wrong way, westbound in the eastbound lanes of the freeway.
The truck collided head-on with Midlam’s Beetle.
CHP officers and emergency crews responded to the crash and Midlam was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Chevy was transported to a local hospital with injuries.
The collision is under investigation. CHP officials have not yet determined whether alcohol played a factor in the fatal crash.