Wildcat Canyon Road Crash Leaves Lakeside Resident Dead

A two vehicle crash on Wildcat Canyon Road in Lakeside has left one person dead. CHP reports that Richard Banegas of Lakeside was driving north of Barona Resort last Monday night when he drifted off the side of the pavement. The GMC Yukon’s tires hit soft dirt on the shoulder. The driver over corrected to the left, shot across the entire road, ran into an embankment and then rolled onto one side. A SUV driving south on Wildcat Canyon Road then slammed into the overturned Yukon. The southbound driver, and her one year old passenger were transported to local hospitals complaining of pain. Banegas was partly thrown out of his vehicle, and was declared dead at the scene.