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Man hospitalized after rollover crash on I-15 in Miramar
A man was hospitalized early Thursday after his vehicle overturned in a collision on Interstate 15 in Miramar.
Posted at 7:30 AM, Dec 31, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-31 10:30:22-05
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â A man was hospitalized early Thursday after his vehicle was involved in a collision with an SUV and overturned on Interstate 15.
The crash happened just after 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday on northbound I-15 near Miramar Way. For unknown reasons, the man s vehicle and the SUV collided, flipping the man s vehicle, according to CHP.
The man was sent to Sharp Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. The condition of the driver of the SUV was not immediately known.
Updated on December 29, 2020 at 10:23 pm
Sharp Healthcare
More than 300 first responders from the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department were early beneficiaries of the Pfizer vaccine overnight Monday after it was discovered that there were leftover doses at the staff vaccination clinic at Sharp Memorial Hospital.
As Monday came to a close, clinic workers found they had doses that would otherwise go to waste, since Pfizer s Instruction sheet for care providers instructs them to discard any doses six hours after they are thawed and diluted.
Sharp contacted San Diego after the clinic closed and let city officials know the vaccines were set to expire within hours, then asked if the city could send some first-responders to the clinic for the shots.
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