May 31, 2023 / Source: Times of San Diego
The San Diego County Police Department reported a motor vehicle crash on Friday afternoon. The accident happened on State Route 52 at around 1 p.m.
According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office, Karen Cooper, 72 of La Jolla was travelling in an eastbound Mercedes-Benz SUV close to San Clemente Park when a bag of cement smashed through the windscreen and fell on her.
Cooper was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck’s and SUV’s drivers were unharmed.
According to CHP public affairs officer Samuel Mendoza, the latter told investigators that the pickup overturned after his load shifted on the elevated connector between southbound Interstate 805 and eastbound SR-52. The fatal crash is still being investigated by the officials.