Alcohol believed to be factor in Pacific Beach three-vehicle crash

A close-up photo of a San Diego police officer File photo courtesy of San Diego Police Department A -year-old man was hospitalized after he suffered several broken bones in a multi-vehicle crash in Pacific Beach police announced Thursday San Diego police officers responded at p m Wednesday to the block of Grand Avenue where they learned a woman had been traveling east in the number one lane in a Nissan pickup Another driver was traveling east in the number two lane in a Chevrolet Camaro noted Officer Jose Perales The victim approached in slow traffic and collided with the right rear of the woman s pickup The injured man and the pickup truck then struck the back of the Camaro The victim sustained a compound fracture to his arm a fractured femur a fractured tibia and fibula Police mentioned alcohol played a role in the crash The department s Traffic Division will be handling the assessment