SAN DIEGO — Authorities Tuesday identified the 27-year-old driver killed in a street racing crash in Mission Bay Park over the weekend.
Clyde Preston Duncan was driving a 2001 Corvette and racing a black Mercedes on westbound SeaWorld Drive near Friars Road shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office and San Diego police.
Duncan lost control and crashed the Corvette into a palm tree in the center median, authorities said. He was killed on impact.
Duncan’s 28-year-old girlfriend, who was a passenger in the Corvette, suffered minor injuries, San Diego police Officer Robert Heims said.
The Mercedes’ driver fled after the crash, Heims said.