Trucker Killed When 2 Big Rigs Collide on I-8 in Alpine

Crime scene tape in Santa Ana, Calif., on March 11, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SAN DIEGO—Authorities sought Feb. 13 to determine what caused two big rigs to collide on Interstate 8 in Alpine this week, fatally injuring one of the drivers.

The trucker was killed about 6:30 p.m. Monday, when his eastbound tractor-trailer rear-ended a car-carrier truck near Tavern Road and caught fire, according to the California Highway Patrol. He remained unidentified late Monday morning.