ALPINE, Calif. (CNS) — Authorities Monday publicly identified a 29-year-old man who died over the weekend in a solo car crash on Interstate 8 in Alpine.
Vincent Esquivel of Descanso was headed west shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday when his vehicle veered off the freeway and went down a roughly 200- foot embankment near Tavern Road, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.
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Esquivel was ejected from the car as it tumbled down the roadside slope, the California Highway Patrol reported.
He died at the scene of the accident.