SAN MARCOS – A sheriff's deputy and two other people were injured early Tuesday morning after a suspected drunk driver slammed into the back of the deputy's patrol car.

The off-duty deputy was heading east on West San Marcos Boulevard just after 1 a.m. and was about to make a right turn on Cribbage Lane when a 21-year-old man driving a 2003 Mercedes-Benz CL500 rear-ended his car at a high rate of speed, the San Diego Sheriff's Department said.


After hitting the patrol car, the driver lost control and crashed into a tree in the center island. The driver, who is from Rancho Santa Fe, and a young female passenger were taken to the hospital with what appeared to be serious injuries.

The deputy was treated and released, the Sheriff's Department said.

The accident is under investigation.

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