Oceanside CA— At about 5:26pm the Oceanside Police Dispatch center began receiving 9-1-1 calls of a collision with an overturned vehicle. An additional call indicated that three vehicles were involved and that two people were trapped it their vehicles.
Oceanside Police began arriving and advised that there were a total of five injured people. Multiple Oceanside Fire Department units responded and began extricating the trapped victims.
Eric Haulcy, driving a 2003 Chevy Impala, was found unconscious and he was flown to Scripps La Jolla Hospital.
Nathanael Shiel, driving a 2010 Mazda, was trapped in the driver seat and multiple Fire personnel worked to free him from the vehicle. He was subsequently removed and flown to Scripps La Jolla Hospital.
Shannan Waters, driving a 1993 Toyota truck, was conscious, had a facial cut, and complained of pain to her chest and abdomen, she was taken to Palomar Hospital via ambulance.
The passenger of the Impala, Xavier Montgomery, was conscious, treated for pain and taken to Tri-City Medical Center.
The passenger of the Mazda, Meehan-Rappaport, had cuts, complained of pain to her legs, and she had been knocked unconscious. She was transported via ambulance to Scripps La Jolla Hospital.
The collision occurred in the 3300 block of Oceanside Blvd just east of El Camino Real. Haulcy, driving the Impala, was traveling westbound and Shiel, in the Mazda, and Waters, in the Toyota, were traveling eastbound.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Haulcy, in the Chevy Impala, had been driving in the simulated median and then turned into the #1 eastbound lane causing a head-on collision with Shiel. It appears that Waters was following behind Shiel and was also struck by Haulcy. The force of the collision caused the Impala to roll over on the driver side and continue onto its roof.
The condition of Haulcy is currently unknown. Shiel is listed in critical condition with major head trauma, a broken arm, and a broken leg.
The Oceanside Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team is conducting the investigation.
It has not yet been determined if speed or alcohol may have contributed to the collision. Anyone who may have witnessed the collision and/or seen anything leading up to the collision is asked to call Accident Investigator Bryan Hendrix at (760) 435-4882.