San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office at the County Operations Center.
FILE: San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office at the County Operations Center. (Ken Stone)

 Authorities have publicly identified an 86-year-old man who died this week from injuries he suffered last month in a Pine Valley-area traffic crash.

James Michel of Yuma, Arizona, was pronounced dead at UCSD Medical Center shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Michel was seriously injured on the morning of April 24 when the westbound car he was riding in rear-ended a vehicle that had stopped on Interstate 8 near Buckman Springs Road, the agency reported.

–City News Service