Authorities have identified a 33-year-old Chula Vista man who died late Saturday night when his SUV ended up overturned at the foot of an Interstate 5 overpass in Pacific Beach.
Abraham Jose Mungaray was heading north on the freeway in a Honda CRV when he crashed around 10:40 p.m. Saturday near the exit for Grand and Garnet avenues, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office and a California Highway Patrol incident log.
It was not clear Monday if Mungaray crashed while on the exit ramp, which briefly runs parallel to the freeway before curving underneath it, or if the vehicle went off the freeway overpass above it. But according to the CHP log, witnesses told dispatchers the CRV crashed through a guardrail and struck a cement support pillar for the freeway bridge.
The SUV ended up on its roof, facing the wrong way and partially resting against the support column.
Mungaray was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene without medical intervention due to “obvious traumatic injuries,” according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
The crash shut down the freeway exit overnight into early Sunday morning.
