Crime & Safety
La Mesa Man Killed In I-5 Onramp Crash
Jacob Arnell, 26, of La Mesa was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed off a freeway onramp near Mission Bay.
LA MESA, CA — Authorities Monday released the name of a 26-year-old man who was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed off a freeway onramp near Mission Bay.
Jacob Arnell of La Mesa was traveling at high speed shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday when he lost control of the white Cadillac Escalade, according to the California Highway Patrol.
He was trying to enter northbound Interstate 5 from Sea World Drive when the vehicle veered off the roadway, went down an embankment, overturned and smashed into a tree, CHP public-affairs Officer Salvador Castro said.
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Arnell, the sole occupant of the SUV, died at the scene, Castro said.
– City News Service
