Mar 04, 2026
Authorities have publicly identified six people who lost their lives in recent weeks to San Diego County traffic crashes. The most recent of the roadway deaths occurred shortly before 2:30 a.m. Sunday, when Joell Jamie, 33, was struck by two vehicles on West Mission Bay Drive, according to the count y Medical Examiner’s Office and San Diego Police Department. She died at the scene. The unidentified person behind the wheel of the first vehicle that hit Jamie continued driving and left the area to the south, according to police. The other involved motorist pulled over and gave a statement to investigators. Shortly after 10 a.m. Friday, Jacob Berntsen, 48, was fatally injured in his hometown of Valley Center when the SUV he was driving veered off Lilac Road and struck a tree. Berntsen died at the scene of the crash south of Old Castle Road, the medical examiner reported. Early Feb. 24, a vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian on state Route 52 in Clairemont, authorities said. Francis Gray, 48, was standing in a traffic lane on the eastbound side of the freeway when a pickup truck hit him shortly after 1:30 a.m., according to the county agency. Gray died before paramedics could take him to a hospital. A day earlier, a head-on collision on a backcountry road a few miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border claimed the life of a 35-year-old motorist. Miguel Araque of Los Angeles was heading east on state Route 94 just before 3 p.m. Feb. 23 when the 2009 Nissan Cube minivan he was driving veered to the left and crashed into an oncoming 2003 Dodge Ram near Little Tecate Road, according to the medical examiner and the California Highway Patrol. Paramedics airlifted Araque to Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. On the evening of Feb. 20, a pickup truck struck and killed a pedestrian in his hometown of Ramona on his 69th birthday, authorities reported. Enrique Diaz was hit by the 2010 Ford F-150 on a dark stretch of state Route 67 near state Route 78 shortly after 7:30 p.m., according to the medical examiner. Diaz died at the site of the crash. On Feb. 10, an Oceanside man suffered severe head injuries when he crashed an electric bicycle in his hometown. Scott Weiler, 52, lost control of the bike while riding west on South Coast Highway just before noon, sending it crashing into a light pole, the county agency reported. Paramedics took Weiler to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where he died 19 days later. ...read more read less
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