San Ysidro, CA : 2 pedestrians struck, killed in separate freeway crashes in San Ysidro on Tuesday, 19th December 2023

Two pedestrians were killed overnight Tuesday after being struck by vehicles on freeways in separate crashes across San Diego County.

First, a pedestrian was struck and killed at around 3:15 a.m. by at least one vehicle on northbound Interstate 5 near the San Ysidro Port of Entry, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A man was struck by a Mitsubishi Endeavor driven by a 75-year-old man from Tijuana, Mexico, in the left lanes just south of Dairy Mart Road and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver stayed at the scene and talked to the CHP about the crash. It was determined that neither alcohol nor drugs were a factor in the crash which forced the closure of multiple northbound lanes and caused a traffic backup.

About an hour later, a woman was walking on the transition ramp between northbound SR-125 and westbound SR-52 when she was struck by a blue BMW driven by a 37-year-old man, CHP said.

The woman died at the scene. Drugs or alcohol do not appear to be factors, CHO said.

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