AGUANGA (CNS) - A man was killed and a 7-year-old girl suffered minor injuries this morning when he crashed his SUV into a tree that had been knocked down by gusty winds northeast of Palomar Mountain, authorities said.
Dispatchers received reports shortly before 5:45 a.m. that a tree had fallen in the middle of the roadway on state Route 79 near Oak Grove Truck Trail in the unincorporated Oak Grove community, California Highway Patrol Officer Jeff Christy said.
Two motorists stopped near the tree, but a man driving a Kia Sorrento northbound on SR-79 failed to notice the downed tree in time and crashed into it, Christy said.
Officers arrived at the scene and found the SUV stuck underneath the tree, which was blocking both directions of the two-lane road, he said.
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