Driver Veers Off Freeway, Dies
A car ran off Interstate 5 in San Juan Capistrano on Monday, landing on a surface street and killing the driver, authorities said.
Traveling southbound shortly before 8 p.m., the driver of a blue Datsun veered to the right and off the freeway near the San Juan Creek Road exit, said Officer Mark Reeves of the California Highway Patrol.
“The car went through a chain-link fence and then down the embankment,” Reeves said. “It overturned, then landed on a surface road.”
The vehicle came to a halt on Camino Capistrano, where Orange County Fire Authority personnel tried to rescue the driver, who was not identified Monday night, Reeves said.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, Reeves said.
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