One person is dead and five have been injured after a single-engine aircraft (possibly a Lancair) hit a parked car during what appears to be an emergency landing on a freeway north of San Diego about 9:15 a.m. Saturday. The aircraft rear-ended the car, which was parked on the shoulder of the highway. A passenger in the vehicle was killed. Three other occupants of the vehicle were hurt and the pilot and passenger were also hurt. The pilot was reported to have life-threatening injuries, according to various local media reports.
Witnesses said the aircraft touched down and then slid into the vehicle. Motorists stopped and one used a hammer to pry open the aircraft door while others attended to the injured in the car. The accident caused massive traffic tie-ups on I-15, about 50 miles north of San Diego.
