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At least one person killed in wrong-way crash on I-5 in Carmel Valley area

SAN DIEGO - One person was killed and four suffered serious injuries early this morning in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 5 in the Carmel Valley area, according to a media report.

The crash was reported shortly before 12:50 a.m. on southbound I-5 at Carmel Valley Road, near state Route 56, according to the California Highway

Patrol.

A white sedan, which was heading northbound on the southbound highway, crashed head-on into a silver vehicle and also struck a black pickup,

10News reported.

Arriving paramedics reported that multiple patients were trapped in vehicles, the CHP said.

A passenger in the white sedan was pronounced dead at the scene and four people were taken to hospitals for treatment of serious injuries, according to the news station.

No details about the victims were immediately available.

Southbound traffic was diverted to SR-56 and the on-ramp from Carmel Valley to southbound I-5 was shut down, the CHP said.

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