Breaking news 4 p.m. -- It's Friday, why is stuff always happening to make traffic worse?
Just some kind of bad moon rising, or doublemoon or whatever you calls it. A vehicle fire just past Via de la Valle at Interstate 5 around 3:30 p.m. reduced already slowing Friday p.m. drive-times to a robust 15 to 20 miles per hour from Del Mar Heights Road north to Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas. Don't expect to hit 60 mph until just before Carlsbad where it then slows down again before the Highway 78 interchange.
Other worries earlier this afternoon included a hit-and-run accident at Carmel Valley Road by the freeway exchanges. For CHP details on each hassle, see below:
| Vehicle Fire - 5 South Past Via De LA Valle |
| * Black SUV Possible Jeep |
| * Message/Item Delivered SD Fire Department Via Fire Cc |
| * Smoking // Unknown If Just O/heat |
| * CHP Unit Assigned |
| * Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: 1187 6J |
| Hit and Run - No Injuries - 3170 Carmel Valley Rd |
| * Sv Would Have Front Bumper Damage; If Any |
| * Sv-White Male Adult With Aviator Sunglasses on |
| * Sv-Blue Ford F15; Plt/ 8 C80426 |
| * Time Element 5 Ago |
| * Sv Last Seen on Freeway 5 ; Unknown If North 5 or South 5 |
| * ** Occr D West 56 on Camino Del Sur Off Ramp ** |
| * Vv-White VW Golf |
| * Was Chasing Red Chevrolet Cobalt Prior to the Traffic Collision |
| * Sv Had Been Chasing the Reporting Party |
| * Then Took off |
| * Then Pulled Up Behind; Rear-Ended the Reporting Party S Vehicle |
| * N F D |
| * Reporting Party Will Callbox When Arrives Safe 10-20 for the Take a Report |
| * ** Rtd for Sv Bol/ Bsct ** |
| * Suspect Vehicle Exited on Palomar Airport Road |
| * Message/Item Delivered Carlsbad Police Department for Be on the Lookout on Suspect Vehicle |
| * 19 M Copz |
| * Bco |
| * Sv Last Seen Entering North 5 |
| * Reference Duplicate Incident 0493 D0318 |
| * Vic Standing By in White VW Golf for Take a Report |
| * **occ D West 56 at Camino Del Sur |
| * Status in 5 |
| * CHP Unit on Scene |
| * 7 B on Ll-Advise D Center Divider 4 Broken Radio |
| * No Response X3 |
| * No Response |
| * SDPD Copies Disregard \ |
| * Link Copies Code 4 |
| * T4 |
| * Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: 1207 1J |
