Driver charged with DUI after head-on crash leaves man, 22, badly hurt

A 42-year-old man was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of being drunk when he crashed head-on into another vehicle in North County, seriously injuring a young driver.

The collision took place at Cox Road and Mulberry Drive in San Marcos shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Manuel Leon Villanueva was trying to pass a car, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, when the Nissan minivan he was driving sideswiped another vehicle and collided with an oncoming Lexus sedan…

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