Fatal Jamul crash: SUV plummets 70 feet down embankment

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — One person is dead after their vehicle fell nearly 100 feet down an embankment and landed on its roof in eastern San Diego County early Sunday morning.

California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to reports of a single-car crash that happened around 6:26 a.m. Sunday in the 16000 block of Skyline Truck Trail in Jamul.

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Cal Fire and CHP report an SUV went off the road and fell 70 feet down an embankment, landing on its roof.

First responders had to extricate the person, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The San Diego County Coroner was called to the scene around 6:55 a.m., CHP reports…

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