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The family of a taxi driver killed in a hit-and-run on a local freeway mourns his loss, as investigators work to determine what happened. The California Highway Patrol reported that cab driver, identified by family 42-year-old Anteneh Minassie, was on Interstate 5 heading south between Old Town Avenue and Washington Street when a wrong-way driver came toward him heading north just before 2:30 a.m. Minassie was thrown from his car, but CHP reported he died when he was run over on the interstate by multiple vehicles.
A motorcyclist died early today as a result of an accident on the northbound San Diego (5) Freeway, authorities said.
A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department dispatcher said the accident occurred near West Washington Street in the city's Middletown neighborhood northeast of San Diego International Airport,
The accident was reported around 1 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol online incident log.
A driver was found dead early Wednesday morning after a pickup truck went off the Interstate-5 freeway near SeaWorld in Mission Bay and collided into a palm tree.
The crash occurred at about 1:30 a.m. on the I-5 southbound off-ramp at Sea World Drive. According to California Highway Patrol, a Nissan pickup truck left the freeway, rolled over and hit the tree, leaving the driver trapped inside.
Responding firefighters used the Jaws of Life to take the doors and roof off. However, the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
A pedestrian was seriously injured in a crash that closed most of south Interstate 5 in downtown San Diego for about 40 minutes Thursday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
A witness said the person was hit by a passing vehicle while running from the right shoulder of the freeway near Park Boulevard about 1:20 p.m., according to the CHP’s website.
Four of the freeway’s six lanes were closed and traffic was backed up to Old Town Avenue while the crash was investigated.
The southbound Interstate 5 off-ramp to Oceanside Boulevard was shut down for several hours after a big rig overturned, according to Caltrans.
The incident was reported shortly before 11 a.m. and does not appear to involve any other vehicles.
The off-ramp was reopened at about 2:15 p.m.
No injuries were immediately reported.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
A pedestrian was killed early Sunday morning in Old Town when he was run over by several vehicles on Interstate 5, the Medical Examiner's Office said.
The man, between 25 and 35 years old, was in the southbound lanes of the freeway north of Old Town Avenue when he was hit about 3:15 a.m., the office said.
He was dead when authorities arrived.
The victim’s name was not released.