Oceanside, CA – On Saturday, February 19, 2022, at 2:13 am, the Oceanside Police Department responded to calls of a single vehicle collision into a light pole at State Route 76 and Airport Rd. Officers arrived on scene to find the vehicle, a Dodge SUV, fully engulfed. Oceanside Fire responded to extinguish the fire and found two occupants in the vehicle deceased. There were no witnesses to the collision and at this time the cause is unknown.
The investigation is ongoing and it is unknown if alcohol or drugs was a factor in the collision. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending the notification of next of kin by the Medical Examiner.
The Oceanside Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team conducted the investigation. Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to call Accident Investigator Kevin Lissner at (760) 435-4431.
