Crime & Safety

Man Fatally Struck On La Mesa Freeway Off-Ramp ID'd

Cesar Duenas, 55, was standing alongside his disabled pickup truck on the exit from westbound state Route 94 to Lemon Grove Avenue when hit.

LA MESA, CA – Authorities released the name Wednesday of a man who was struck and killed by a car on a La Mesa freeway off-ramp.

Cesar Duenas, 55, was standing alongside his disabled pickup truck on the exit from westbound state Route 94 to Lemon Grove Avenue when a 2015 Lexus CT200H crashed into him shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to the California Highway Patrol and county Medical Examiner's Office.

Duenas died at the scene of the accident.

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The driver of the Lexus hatchback, a 40-year-old National City man, was unhurt, CHP Officer Travis Garrow said.

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