Woman, 92, Accidentally Killed by Husband Identified as San Diegan

The county Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday identified the 92-year-old woman killed in an accident Monday morning as Berniece Elizabeth Mosley of San Diego.

Born Aug. 17, 1918, Mosley was identified as Caucasian. She was “ejected from a moving vehicle and 9-1-1 was called by a witness,” said an official posting. “Upon officer's arrival, death was confirmed due to obvious trauma.”

Mosley was killed a little before noon when she was thrown from the Honda her husband was driving and run over near the intersection of Broadmoor Drive and Broadmoor Place in northeast La Mesa, police said.

Police Lt. David Bond said a 911 call came in at 11:27 a.m. Monday about the accident near Jericho Road in which an unidentified man lost control of his car, hit a curb on a slope and ejected his wife, who died at the scene.

The husband, whose name has been reported as James, was in the care of a family member, authorities said. 

James Mosley, 92, suffered no physical injuries, he said.

Mosley suffered “substantial overall body injuries,” Bond said while an investigator from the Medical Examiner’s Office was on the scene. 

The accident led to closure of streets in the area while the investigation unfolded.

Mosley was in the front passenger seat of the couple’s Accord when it abruptly accelerated in reverse for unknown reasons as her spouse was trying to back out of the driveway, said police Lt. Dan Willis on Tuesday.

The car lurched into the street, veered around in a “big semicircle arc” and careened backward over a sidewalk and onto a sloping lawn in front of the residence, Willis said. At that point, Mosley was ejected from the vehicle, which then ran over her.

Investigators were trying to determine if Mosley’s husband of 70 years inadvertently floored the Accord—possibly due to a medical crisis of some kind—or if a mechanical problem might have been to blame for the sudden acceleration, according to Willis.

“He certainly wasn’t intoxicated or anything like that,” Willis said.

At the request of police, the state Department of Motor Vehicles will re-
evaluate James Mosley’s suitability for a driver’s license.

City News Service contributed to this report.