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SAN DIEGO - A driver was lucky to survive a wreck that shredded apart the Acura sports car he was driving after it hit a light pole.

The crash took place Wednesday in the San Diego neighborhood of Sorrento Valley at Miratech Drive and Camino Santa Fe shortly after 3 p.m. The debris field left by the crash was strewn across several hundred feet of roadway and an adjoining hillside where the black car came to a rest. The engine and the front end of the car, including the steering wheel with the air bag deployed, wound up in the middle of Camino Santa Fe. The main body of the car, including the driver buckled into his seat, wound up in a ditch.

"I saw the car in the gutter with a guy sitting in it without any front," said witness Dennis Richardson. "He was holding onto the gearshift, and I think he was still in shock and still wanting to shift gears. It was nuts."

Witnesses said the driver was racing another car which sped off after the crash, NBC 7/39 reported. The second vehicle was a black Honda Civic with tinted window and a "Tuned By Reese" sticker on the back, witnesses said.

The surrounding streets were blocked off by police as they investigated the crash and work crews cleaned up the crash scene.

The driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, including a fractured neck.

Police want to speak with the driver of the black Honda.