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27-year-old man dies after driving across San Ysidro Port of Entry at high speed, crashing into barrier

Cars line up to cross the U.S./Mexico border to San Diego at San Ysidro port of entry, in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Oct. 6, 2020. (GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images)

A 27-year-old man drove across the San Ysidro Port of Entry at high speed, crashed into a metal barrier and died in the wreck Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

Tijuana police said the driver’s car also struck a 70-year-old man and a 49-year-old disabled woman on the Mexican side of the border. Witnesses described the man and woman, who they said was in a wheelchair, as vendors.


Mexican Red Cross ambulances took the pair to a hospital for treatment of moderate injuries, according to the Tijuana Fire Department.

The crash occurred at about 2:15 p.m. in a lane that was closed to traffic, California Highway Patrol Officer Salvador Castro said.

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