California Highway Patrol Chula Vista
The wreckage of the SUV below the I-805 overpass. Photo credit: OnScene.TV

Authorities have publicly named an Orange County man who was badly injured and died this month, weeks after his wife was killed when they crashed off a Chula Vista freeway.

Jose Sandoval, 60, of Anaheim lost control of the Nissan SUV he was driving on Interstate 805 south of Telegraph Canyon Road shortly before 10:30 a.m. Dec. 30, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The southbound vehicle veered to the right, crashed off an overpass at East Naples Street and landed on the roadway below, the agency reported. Veronica Sandoval, 61, died at the scene.

Paramedics took Jose Sandoval to UCSD Medical Center in San Diego, where he was admitted with a poor prognosis and died on the afternoon of Jan. 15.

– City News Service