Two people killed in weekend crashes identified

Authorities have publicly identified two people who lost their lives to San Diego County traffic crashes over the weekend.

The most recent stemmed from a three-vehicle pileup that took place on state Route 56 near Salmon River Road in Rancho Peñasquitos shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday, according to the county Medical Examiner’s Office. One of the involved motorists, 50-year-old Tomasz Bordyczewski of Poway, died at the scene of the crash.

Just before 2 a.m. that same day, Karlene Luna, 31, was fatally injured when a car struck her as she was walking alongside state Route 76 in her hometown of Pala, according to the county agency. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene, which was west of Lilac Extension Road, the medical examiner reported.