Passenger in Commericial Truck Dies in I-805 Crash

Randy Walton

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The San Diego Union Tribune has reported that a 37-year-old El Monte was killed when the big rig in which he was a passenger jack-knifed and crashed in the median of south Interstate 805. The driver, a 51-year-old San Bernardino man, suffered major personal injuries and was taken to a hospital.

Witnesses told officers that the big rig was in the No. 2 lane and went past their vehicle going faster than 70 mph. For unknown reasons, the truck veered left and into the center divider, then struck a pillar in the median, tearing the truck apart.

The impact caused pieces of the concrete to fly into the northbound lanes of the freeway and hit a vehicle, but no one in that vehicle was hurt. The CHP closed the No. 1 lane of south Interstate 805 for several hours while the crash was being investigated. The crash and investigation caused delays for drivers in both directions during the morning commute.

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