A driver suffered an apparent medical emergency that caused his car to veer off State Route 905 in Otay Mesa and crash, resulting in his later death.
The crash was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 6:58 p.m. Saturday on the westbound freeway at Siempre Viva Road.
Arriving San Diego firefighters performed CPR on the driver, a 74-year-old Chula Vista man whose identity was not immediately released.
Witnesses told the CHP the car went off the freeway at the right-hand shoulder. Arriving officers said the Kia sedan hit the guardrail.
The driver was hospitalized after the crash and later pronounced dead.
The cause of the collision and sequence of events that lead to it remain under investigation by
the CHP.
Updated at 7:10 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023
