San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office at the County Operations Center.
San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office at the County Operations Center. Photo by Ken Stone

Authorities Thursday publicly identified an Alaska man killed in a solo car crash on a rural roadway in Ramona.

Cullen Griffin, 45, suffered fatal injuries 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.