Car loses wheel, hits Escondido officer s SUV, causing minor injuries
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Escondido Police Department
and last updated 2021-01-23 19:37:08-05
SAN MARCOS (CNS) - An Escondido police officer was injured Saturday on state Route 78 when a vehicle lost a wheel and hit the police vehicle.
The collision happened about noon when a 40-year-old Vista woman was traveling westbound SR-78 in a 2015 Chevrolet 2500 pickup east of Twin Oaks Valley Road, said Juan Escobar of the California Highway Patrol.
For an unknown reason, the left rear wheel of her vehicle detached, went over the center median into the eastbound lanes and struck the Escondido Police Department s Ford Explorer Police Interceptor, Escobar said. The wheel damaged the police vehicle s roof and windshield.