Overview

• The crash occurred at 2:50 a.m. Thursday when a black SUV traveling west in the eastbound lanes of I-8 struck a Mini Cooper near College Avenue.
• The driver of the Mini Cooper, a woman in her early 60s, died at the scene after her vehicle was sent down an embankment.
• The wrong-way driver, a man in his 20s, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and arrested at the hospital on suspicion of DUI.
• California Highway Patrol officers closed eastbound lanes of I-8 for several hours, reopening them around 6 a.m. after completing their investigation.
• Authorities have not yet released the names of the victim or the suspected DUI driver.