Crime & Safety
Man Fatally Struck By Vehicles On South Bay Freeway Off-Ramp
A pedestrian was struck by multiple vehicles and killed while attempting to cross an Interstate 5 off-ramp in National City, officials said.
NATIONAL CITY, CA – A pedestrian was struck by multiple vehicles and killed while attempting to cross an Interstate 5 off-ramp in National City, authorities said Friday.
The crash happened shortly before 8:25 p.m. Thursday on the Civic Center Drive off-ramp from southbound Interstate 5, California Highway Patrol Officer Jake Sanchez said.
A man was attempting to cross the off-ramp from an unknown direction when he walked directly into the path of a Toyota Rav4 driven by a 33-year-old woman, Sanchez said. The man was then struck by two other vehicles, he said.
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The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene, Sanchez said.
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