Driver Who Died In Ramona Car Crash Identified

RAMONA, CA — Authorities Thursday publicly identified the 45-year-old man from Alaska killed in a solo car crash on a rural roadway in Ramona.

Cullen Griffin was fatally injured shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday, when the eastbound vehicle he was driving veered off state Route 78 near Rancho Vista Drive and struck a tree, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

Griffin died at the scene, the agency reported.

— City News Service