Two people who died in a solo-vehicle crash into a tree early Sunday in San Diego have been identified as Vista residents, authorities said.
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Officials said the pair were killed when the driver, for unknown reasons, drove into the median on westbound state Route 94, just east of Interstate 5 near downtown, shortly before 5:20 a.m. The sedan then left the freeway and slammed into a tree.
Paramedics responded, but both the driver and the passenger died before they could be taken to a hospital. A third passenger was taken to a hospital with major injuries, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson said.
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The county Medical Examiner’s Office identified the driver as Brian Hernandez, 23, and the passenger as Felipe Elisea Lua, 41.
Toxicology tests are being done to determine if alcohol or drugs were a factor in the crash, the CHP spokesperson said.
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