San Diego County officials have released the names of five men killed in separate crashes across the region over the past several weeks, a grim snapshot of how deadly both neighborhood streets and high-speed connectors can become. The victims include a jogger, a bicyclist, a motorcyclist and two drivers involved in freeway and local road collisions.
The county Medical Examiner identified 24-year-old Fregoso Lopez as the jogger who was struck and killed along a dimly lit stretch of Di Giorgio Road in Borrego Springs. Officials also named 47-year-old Jose de Jesus Mendoza Velazquez as the driver whose sedan veered out of a southbound Interstate 805 lane and hit an SUV that was parked near State Route 54 in National City. Lopez died at the scene. Mendoza Velazquez was taken to UC San Diego Medical Center and was pronounced dead shortly after arriving there, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Authorities also identified 78-year-old bicyclist Olimpio Rodriguez Cervantes, who was struck and killed while riding on the 1900 block of West San Marcos Boulevard near Palomar College. The Medical Examiner named 33-year-old Kyle Ashauer as the driver whose SUV veered off the southbound SR-163 to westbound SR-52 connector in the Miramar area; he died nine days later at Sharp Memorial Hospital. The fifth victim, 31-year-old motorcyclist Robert Adams Jr., lost control of his bike on Imperial Avenue near Mount Hope Cemetery on March 17 and died weeks after the crash. Those identifications were reported by The Coast News based on releases from the county Medical Examiner’s Office and local law enforcement.
Where officials say collisions are concentrated
The recent fatalities highlight how quickly routine trips can turn tragic, whether on a freeway connector or a busy arterial near homes and campuses. The City of San Diego has been reviewing its 2025 list of high-crash locations and has flagged specific intersections and segments for targeted safety work as part of a broader push to reduce severe collisions. A memo from The City of San Diego outlines the locations along with next steps for possible engineering changes and funding decisions.
Investigations into each collision are still active. The Medical Examiner’s Office released the names while local agencies continue to examine factors such as lighting, road design and driver actions. Officials have not announced any criminal charges connected to these crashes, and next steps will depend on the individual investigations and, where appropriate, findings from the CHP or sheriff’s investigators. For more detail on the identifications and timelines, see reporting by The Coast News.
