Escondido Man Arrested In Deadly DUI Crash On Interstate 5: CHP

ESCONDIDO, CA — An Escondido man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, murder and other charges in connection with a crash that killed another driver and seriously injured her passenger on Interstate 5 in northern San Diego County, authorities said Tuesday.

The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday in the southbound lanes of I-5, near Cannon Road, in Carlsbad. Andrew David Shaw, 44, was driving a Ford Raptor pickup truck and rear-ended the back of a Nissan Altima, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The crash left the 53-year-old driver of the car and her 31-year-old passenger with major injuries, CHP officer Hunter Gerber said. They were taken to a hospital, where the driver, a La Jolla resident, was pronounced dead. Her name was withheld pending family notification.

Shaw was taken to a hospital for minor injuries. He was arrested Monday and booked on suspicion of DUI, gross vehicular manslaughter, murder and resisting arrest. He was being held in the Vista Detention Facility.

Anyone with information about the crash was asked to contact the CHP's Oceanside Area office at 760-643-3400.