Driver in Fatal I-805 Crash Identified

A car and tractor trailer collided along northbound I-805 at H Street in Chula Vista

Officials identified the driver killed when his vehicle slammed into the back of a tractor trailer on the shoulder of Interstate 805 in Chula Vista Monday.

Paul Newton, 28, of San Diego, died in the collision between his gold Infinity and a semi that was waiting for service on the side of the highway.

The crash just before 8 a.m. caused a major traffic backup at H Street.

The Sig Alert was extended until noon Monday when the crash debris was cleared from the freeway.

California Highway Patrol officers said the impact of the crash broke the rear axle of the semi.

No one in the tractor trailer was injured.

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