SAN DIEGO — A woman was killed on Friday when bags of cement from an overturned truck on a San Diego freeway ramp fell below and crashed through the windshield of her vehicle, authorities said.
According to the California Highway Patrol, a pickup truck was on a connector ramp from southbound Interstate 805 to eastbound State Route 52 just before 1 p.m. PDT when it flipped on its side along a curve, KNSD-TV reported.
According to authorities, one to two bags of concrete crashed into the windshield of a black Mercedes SUV, killing the woman, who was a passenger in the vehicle, KSWB-TV reported. The woman was in her 70s, according to the television station.
As the vehicle overturned, a pallet of cement bags spilled from the pickup and over the wall of the ramp, falling onto the ground-level lanes of SR-52, according to the television station.
The driver of the SUV was not hurt, KNSD reported.
According to the highway patrol, drugs and alcohol were not a factor, KFMB-TV reported.
The incident remains under investigation, according to the television station.