SAN DIEGO - A suspected drunken driver struck a freeway traffic sign Friday morning, starting a chain of events that led to a semi-truck crashing into the back of a stopped car.
he incident happened just after 3:30 a.m. on southbound Interstate 805 at University Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.

According to the CHP, a man driving a tan Mazda clipped an active electronic Caltrans sign, knocking it onto the roadway. Several motorists then hit the debris and traffic slowed behind them.

However, a semi-truck did not have enough clearance behind one of the vehicles, and as it swerved to avoid a collision, the truck's trailer slammed directly into the back of a blue Toyota Camry -- which had stopped in the lanes -- and struck at least two other vehicles that also stopped.

The CHP said Navraj Moktan, the driver of the blue Camry, was outside of his car when the trailer struck him and his vehicle. The CHP said the impact "propelled" Moktan toward the right shoulder. He was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital with major injuries.

The Mazda's driver, 22-year-old San Diego resident Donald Aaron Clark, was booked for felony DUI and driving with a suspended license.

The CHP said six cars were involved in the incident due to the road debris.

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