Crime & Safety

Teenager Who Was Fatally Struck By Vehicle In Mira Mesa ID'd

The area was foggy at the time of the traffic fatality, police reported.

SAN DIEGO, CA — Authorities Wednesday publicly identified a teenage boy who was fatally struck by an SUV last weekend on a fog-shrouded Mira Mesa street.

Jayden Stewart, 14, was walking in the roadway at the intersection of Camino Ruiz and Hydra Lane when a northbound 2020 Chevrolet Traverse hit him at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the county Medical Examiner's Office and San Diego police.

Paramedics took Jayden, a San Diego resident, to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where he was pronounced dead, according to the county agency.

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The area was foggy at the time of the traffic fatality, police reported.

— City News Service

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