The man dies after falling against the tree in Vista and leaving the scene

A 30-year-old man died of injuries on Saturday evening that he had suffered in the evening when he fell against a tree in Vista and then fled out of the scene, the officials of the sheriff said.

According to Lt. Nick Backrouris by San Diego Sheriff, Nick Backouris and Lt. Noah Zarnow, the crash was reported around 6 p.m. in the North Santa Fe Avenue near North Paseo Marguerita. The crash occurred when the driver of a Honda Civic did not negotiate a curve on the street, turned off the street and hit a tree.

When the sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene, the residents of the vehicle had disappeared, said Backouris. A witness told the MPs that another vehicle had arrived and called a driver and passenger.

A little more than an hour later, around 7.15 p.m., the MPs were called to a mile south of the crash scene to a residence in a residence on the Apollo Drive, in which the MPs found an unconscious man, said Zarnow. Backouris said the man suffered a spotted lung.

The man died of his injuries, said Zarnow. The deputies of the sheriff confirmed that he was in the driver's earlier crash.

Backouris said that no information about the reported passenger or any injuries that the person suffered were available on Sunday morning. The name of the late man was not published.

Traffic investigators from the Sheriff's Vista conversation tensioning investor examine the cause of the crash and do not yet know whether alcohol or drug impairment was a factor, said Zarnow.

Anyone who has experienced the crash or video of it was asked to contact the department of the sheriff at (858) 565-5200 or in San Diego County County Crime Stopper 'Anonymous Tip-Line at (888) 580-8477.

Originally published: May 4, 2025 at 1:45 p.m. PDT