Nephew of ex-Padres owner killed in crash
A 21-year-old man man who died after a Christmas Eve crash in a rare sports car in Rancho Santa Fe was a nephew of former San Diego Padres owner John Moores.
The county Medical Examiner’s Office identified the driver as Barry Alexander Moores of Rancho Santa Fe. He is the son of Barry Owen Moores, according to public records. Barry Owen is the younger brother of John Moores, a well-known developer, philanthropist and former owner of the Padres.
The Moores family declined to comment when reached by telephone on Saturday.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Barry Alexander Moores was a student at UC Berkeley. He was a community relations intern with the Padres between June 2012 and August 2012. He was also a summer intern with Major League Baseball China in 2010.
He was driving a rare Ariel Atom sports car with a passenger when he lost control of the car on a curve on La Orilla and collided head-on with an SUV shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, authorities said.
He was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, where he was declared brain dead about 4 p.m. on Christmas Day, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office. An investigator said Moores remained on life support until organs were donated on Saturday.
His passenger, a 21-year-old Mira Mesa man, was flown to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido with major injuries, the California Highway Patrol said. No update on his condition was available. The CHP said both men were wearing helmets.
Authorities said the Atom hit a Ford Expedition driven by a 62-year-old San Diego man. A fire in the SUV’s engine was quickly extinguished, according to a spokeswoman for the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District. The driver and a female passenger were transported to the La Jolla hospital with minor to moderate injuries. They apparently were on their way to a Christmas Eve event, CHP Officer Chris Parent said.
On Saturday, five people set up a makeshift memorial with flowers and a sign on La Orilla, a narrow, winding road between El Camino Real and Rambla de las Flores.
Authorities said on Saturday that the crash remains under investigation, and it was not yet determined how fast the driver was going. The posted speed limit is 40 mph.
It was not yet determined if either drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash, authorities said.
The British-built Ariel Atom, one of the fastest street-legal cars in the world. It has a tubular skeleton with no side panels or roof.
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