East County News Service
May 4, 2026 (San Carlos) — A 14-year-old girl died the morning of Sunday, May 3, after a vehicle jumped the curb, struck a pedestrian and crashed into a tree on Navajo Road near Cowles Mountain.
San Diego Police Department officers and San Diego Fire-Rescue Department personnel responded to a vehicle rescue on Navajo Road near Golfcrest Drive shortly after 11:30 a.m. Sunday. A 35-year-old woman was driving a 2017 Mazda 6 westbound in the 7500 block of Navajo Road when she drove up onto the north sidewalk, striking an 18-year-old male pedestrian, and continued forward until hitting a tree in the Navajo Road divider.
The 14-year-old girl, who was riding in the passenger seat, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver sustained a fractured right ankle. A 1-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy, also passengers in the vehicle, were not injured. The male pedestrian sustained a concussion and an avulsion to his left arm.
Twenty-five firefighting personnel from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, the La Mesa Fire Department and the El Cajon Fire Department responded to the crash, along with three ambulances and a rescue rig.
The identities of those involved have not been released. The SDPD Traffic Unit is investigating and police have not said whether alcohol was a factor.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.