The San Diego area has been struck by a series of fatal traffic accidents over the past two weeks, claiming the lives of four men. The most recent crash occurred on Friday night when a vehicle driven by Michael Droegemeier collided with another car, resulting in the deaths of both Droegemeier and his passenger, Lowell McCrea. Earlier that evening, Deven Stewart lost his life in a wrong-way collision near Santana High School. Another fatal crash eight days prior claimed the life of Erick Morales in Spring Valley.
Authorities have identified four men who died in separate traffic accidents across the San Diego area over the past two weeks, including two killed in the same crash. The most recent of the three deadly crashes took place shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday, when a vehicle being driven by 48-year-old Michael Droegemeier collided with at least one other car on Willow Glen Drive in the Jamacha area, north of Jamul, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
Droegemeier, whose place of residence is unknown, died at the scene, the agency reported. A passenger in his vehicle, 32-year-old Lowell McCrea of El Cajon, was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, where he was pronounced dead. About an hour earlier, a wrong-way collision claimed the life of a motorist near Santana High School, according to the medical examiner. Deven Stewart, 32, was headed east on the westbound side of Mast Boulevard in his hometown of Santee when his vehicle crashed head-on into an oncoming SUV near Magnolia Avenue, officials said.Eight days earlier, a crash just west of Mount Helix fatally injured a 32-year-old motorist, officials said. Erick Morales of Chula Vista was driving along Bancroft Drive in Spring Valley when his vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a tree just north of Campo Road shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 30, the medical examiner reported.
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