Person in a wheelchair is hospitalized after being struck by vehicle

BOSTONIA (KUSI) – Tuesday 9:32 a.m. – Investigators were working Tuesday to determine who was at fault in a crash in an unincorporated area near El Cajon.

The 62-year-old man in a wheelchair was struck by a northbound 2007 Toyota Tundra while headed westbound across Greenfield Drive at Linalda Drive shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday, California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Pearlstein said.

There are no stop signs at the intersection. Pearlstein said the front of the pickup truck hit the man, which caused him to fall out of the wheelchair.

He suffered a broken left leg and other injuries and was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego to be treated.

The 31-year-old man behind the wheel of the pickup truck was not injured.

Pearlstein said officers do not suspect alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash and an investigation was underway to determine who was at fault.

Monday 5:27 p.m. – A pickup truck struck and seriously injured a person in a wheelchair Monday afternoon in a neighborhood near Gillespie Field. 

According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident in the 1000 block of Greenfield Drive in the unincorporated Bostonia community happened at about 4:30 p.m.

Medics took the injured person, whose identity was not released, to Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.

The accident forced the closure of several lanes in the area for a time, the CHP reported.