1 Killed in Shelter Valley Crash

One person was killed Saturday morning in a crash on State Route 78 in the Shelter Valley area of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. (10news.com) California Highway Patrol officers were called at about 10:15 a.m. to SR-78 east of San Felipe Road near Scissors Crossing after reports of a collision involving a motorcycle and a truck. The California Highway Patrol said the crash turned fatal. (10news.com) San Diego County sheriff’s deputies and California State Parks personnel helped with traffic control, and two tow trucks were sent to the scene. A SigAlert in the area was canceled shortly before 1:30 p.m. (10news.com) The crash happened on a remote stretch of highway inside California’s largest state park. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park says it includes 500 miles of dirt roads, and the Shelter Valley-Scissors Crossing area sits far from the region’s urban freeway network. (parks.ca.gov) Shelter Valley is an unincorporated San Diego County community along County Route S2, about two miles south of its junction with SR-78 at Scissors Crossing. That intersection is a key desert access point for motorists, campers and Pacific Crest Trail users moving through the park. (en.wikipedia.org) (pcta.org) The California Highway Patrol had not released the name of the person who died in the initial reports, and authorities had not publicly identified a cause as of Saturday afternoon. Investigators also had not announced any charges or described other contributing factors. (10news.com) The same corridor has seen other serious wrecks this month. East County Magazine reported that a head-on collision on State Route 78 in Shelter Valley on April 4 killed two people and injured two others. (eastcountymagazine.org) For now, the confirmed facts are narrow: a motorcycle and a truck collided on SR-78 near Scissors Crossing, one person died, and the California Highway Patrol is still investigating what happened. (10news.com)