4 killed by truck driven off a 60-foot drop into a festival in San Diego

Four people were killed and nine more injured when a pickup truck careened over the edge of a bridge in San Diego, California, on Saturday, dropping some 60 feet into a park hosting a festival below.

The driver, identified as Richard Anthony Sepolio, who is stationed at a nearby Navy base, is believed to have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash. Sepolio survived and was taken to the hospital and placed under arrest.

"It's horrible. It's horrific," said Jake Sanchez, a representative of the California Highway Patrol. "There were people down below, and we have bodies that were, you know, they are innocent people that are just down here having a good time, and now they're gone."

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