SAN DIEGO—A woman in her 70s was killed May 26 when construction materials fell out of an overturning pickup truck on a Clairemont-area freeway bridge and landed on the SUV she was riding in on state Route 52 below.
The driver of the Chevrolet stake-bed truck lost control of it as he was exiting from southbound Interstate 805 onto eastbound SR-52 shortly before 1 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
The pickup toppled over and dumped its load, part of which fell off the connector, CHP public affairs Officer Samuel Mendoza said.
At least one bag of cement then crashed through the windshield of the eastbound Mercedes-Benz SUV, killing the woman at the scene. Her name was not immediately available.
The drivers of the SUV and the truck were uninjured, Mendoza said. The latter told investigators the pickup overturned after his load shifted in its cargo bed on the curving elevated roadway, according to the highway patrol.
Intoxication was not believed to have been a factor in the accident, the spokesman said.
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