Victims killed in two separate traffic crashes identified

Authorities have publicly identified two San Diego-area residents who lost their lives over the last week in traffic crashes.

Shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday, 46-year-old Alfredo Trevino of Vista lost control of the motorcycle he was riding on state Route 79 in Julian with a 40-year-old female passenger aboard, according to the county Medical Examiner’s Office.

The northbound 2020 Harley-Davidson veered into oncoming traffic near Harrison Oak Lake Lane and collided with an oncoming 2021 Toyota 4Runner, fatally injuring Trevino, the California Highway Patrol reported. He died at the scene of the crash.

Paramedics took the woman who had been riding on the back of the two-wheeler to Palomar Medical Center for treatment of severe injuries, CHP Officer Jasmine Lopez said. The driver of the SUV, a 29-year-old Julian woman, and her 56-year-old female passenger suffered minor injuries in the wreck, Lopez said.

On Labor Day, a pileup on a Santee street fatally injured a Santee resident, the medical examiner reported. Curtis Van Atta Jr., 50, was driving a sedan that collided with other vehicles and struck a utility pole on Carlton Hills Boulevard shortly after 11 a.m. on Sept 1.

Paramedics took Van Atta to Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, where he was pronounced dead two days later.