Man Dies in Midway Wreck

A man died after being ejected from his truck early Sunday morning in the Midway area.

The crash happened just after 3:30 a.m. as he was driving on eastbound Interstate 8 and merging onto southbound Interstate 5.

Police said that, for an unknown reason, he drove his truck off the road and onto an embankment, where he was thrown from the truck.
The truck landed on its hood, police said.

California Highway Patrol officers temporarily closed I-8 to I-5 as they investigated the crash.

The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known.

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