Driver fatally pinned by unsecured cargo on I-8 in El Cajon

Publish Date: 2022/01/05

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — A man died Tuesday afternoon after an incident involving a truck’s improperly secured steel cargo on Interstate 8 in northeast El Cajon, according to KTLA5.

The event took place on the eastbound lanes west of Dunbar Lane at around 2:53 p.m.

California Highway Patrol said the man was driving a blue single-cab Peterbilt truck with an attached flatbed two-axle Fontaine trailer eastbound when he suddenly hit the brakes. The sudden stop caused a steel sheet to crash through the back of the cab, impaling the driver.

Authorities confirmed the victim, who had been wearing a seat belt at the time, died from his injuries at the scene.

No other injuries were reported, and no other vehicles appeared to have been involved in the incident.

An investigation was underway.

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