Authorities Tuesday identified a La Mesa couple who were killed this week in a chain-reaction nighttime traffic accident on I-8 near Grossmont Center.
James Allina, 79, and his wife, Rosalyn, 77, were seated inside a stationary sedan, apparently broken down with its lights off shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday on the eastbound side of the freeway in La Mesa, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Following the impact, west of Fletcher Parkway, another vehicle struck the SUV, and the Allinas’ sedan was sent careening across the traffic lanes, the agency reported.
James Allina died at the scene of the accident, despite the efforts of witnesses and paramedics who tried to revive him and his wife. An ambulance crew took Rosalyn Allina to Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, where doctors pronounced her dead.
It was unclear why the couple’s vehicle had stopped on the freeway, according to the medical examiner.
City News Service contributed to this report.
