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Flags waved on the median of Clairemont Mesa Boulevard Friday as members of the community paid their respects to the police officer who spent his last moments there.Across the street, candles still burn for Edgar Giovanny Oviedo , or Gio, the 16 year old who also died in the pursuit.“Well, I was surprised too because there's — if you said it happened on Monday — there's still people coming,” said Jackie, who came to visit the memorial and was not aware of the accident.
“I've seen smoke fumes and people running in the streets, cop lights. Realized that there's a bad accident and then someone's on the ground,” said Alfred Bueno, who witnessed Monday’s accident.A new report from the San Diego County Medical Examiner says Officer Austin Machitar died from head and neck trauma.Additional information in the report says that Officer Zach Martinez was ejected from the patrol car onto the road.
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