Authorities ID San Ysidro woman killed in I-5 rollover crash [Breaking]
A woman who died last week in a rollover crash on Interstate 5 near San Diego’s Nestor neighborhood has been identified as a San Ysidro resident whose husband was behind the wheel of their pickup.killed April 12 in a crash that also seriously injured her husband
, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office and California Highway Patrol. Another woman, the driver of the other vehicle involved in the collision, suffered less serious injuries. The crash occurred about 10:50 a.m. on north I-5 approaching Coronado Avenue, CHP spokesperson Officer Mark Latulippe said last week. Witnesses told investigators that a Ford Ranger — driven by Gutierrez de Ordaz’s 65-year-old husband — was headed north in a left lane when it suddenly veered across the five-lane freeway.
As the pickup reached the right lanes of the freeway, its back end was struck by a Volkswagen Jetta and the truck rolled several times, according to the CHP and Medical Examiner’s Office. Gutierrez de Ordaz was thrown from the pickup and gravely injured, officials said. Paramedics took her to UC San Diego Medical Center, where she died just after 11:40 a.m.The victim’s husband suffered major trauma to his extremities and was also taken to UC San Diego Medical Center, according to José Ysea, a spokesperson for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.