Overview
- Neighbors reported at about 7:40 a.m. that a white Toyota Tacoma crashed through the front wall of a home on the 4300 block of Dakota Drive in Bay Park.
- Fire crews found two people inside with burn injuries after extinguishing the blaze, with a woman pronounced dead at the scene and a man taken to UC San Diego’s burn center.
- Early findings indicate the husband was driving the truck, though officers found him inside the home when they arrived.
- Investigators have not established whether the crash sparked the fire or whether the blaze was intentionally set, and the cause of the woman's death remains undetermined.
- Homicide detectives are interviewing witnesses and family members, seeking a search warrant, and plan to detain the husband for questioning once he is medically cleared.