SAN DIEGO, CA – A 58-year-old man who potentially suffered a medical emergency while driving on Del Mar Heights Road crashed into a tree on Saturday afternoon.
ABC10 reports the man was traveling on Del Mar Heights Road when he went off the road, traveled up and down an embankment and onto the center median, and crashed into a tree. The accident happened in the 4500 block of Del Mar Heights Road around 2:39 p.m.
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First responders had to perform CPR on the driver. He was transported to a local hospital. Medical professionals at the hospital report he might have suffered a heart attack before hitting the tree. It is unclear if that happened before or after he began driving erratically. He remains in critical condition at the hospital.
Investigations into the cause of the crash are ongoing.
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