Chula Vista Police: 17-year-old driver killed in crash on East Palomar Street

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) – A 17-year-old driver died in a possible street racing-related crash in east Chula Vista Monday night.

Chula Vista Police said the department received multiple calls just before 7:40 p.m. regarding a silver Toyota Corolla and gray Hyundai Elantra racing in the 1600 block of East Palomar Street, with the Corolla then crashing on the eastbound side of the roadway.

According to police, the Corolla’s teen driver “failed to negotiate a turn, drove up onto a curb, hit a palm tree, splitting the carin half.”…

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