UPDATE (MAY 28): The victims have been identified as siblings, 25-year-old Aaron Jose Perez and 24-year-old Sophia Perez from Chula Vista.
The cause of the crash has not yet been confirmed.
UPDATE (May 27): The California Highway Patrol confirmed two people were killed in the May 25 single-vehicle crash off Interstate 8 in El Cajon.
The deceased occupants of the 2023 Jeep Wrangler were described by the CHP as a 25-year-old man from Chula Vista (driver) and a 24-year-old woman from Chula Vista (passenger).
CHP officials said the Jeep, for reasons still under investigation, veered off the roadway and down an embankment, crashed into a tree, and then burst into flames.
EL CAJON, Calif. (CNS) - At least one person was killed when a vehicle veered off Interstate 8 in El Cajon, crashed and exploded into flames Monday morning.
The crash was reported at 3:28 a.m. on the westbound I-8, just east of Mollison Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The person who reported the crash told the CHP they heard an explosion and saw flames.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office was summoned to the scene.
The CHP's online log indicated two people and a dog may have been inside the vehicle.
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