{"id":334970,"date":"2026-05-27T21:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/334970\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T21:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:35:08","slug":"two-killed-when-jeep-veers-off-interstate-8-into-tree-in-el-cajon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/334970\/","title":{"rendered":"Two killed when Jeep veers off Interstate 8 into tree in El Cajon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Highway-Patrol-16-9.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Highway-Patrol-16-9.jpg\" alt=\"A California Highway Patrol cruiser\" class=\"wp-image-17521\" style=\"width:775px;height:auto\"  \/><\/a>A California Highway Patrol cruiser.  (File photo by Chris Stone\/Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 25-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, both from Chula Vista, were killed when their vehicle veered off Interstate 8 and hit a tree in El Cajon, authorities reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crash occurred around 3:30 a.m. Monday. The man was driving a 2023 Jeep Wrangler westbound on I-8, west of Second Street, when the vehicle went down an embankment and caught fire, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/CHP.ca.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Highway Patrol<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both occupants were pronounced dead at the scene, the agency reported. Their names have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CHP is investigating the cause of the crash, and it is not yet known if drugs or alcohol were factors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSafe roadway navigation requires constant attention and responsible driving decisions,\u201d CHP Capt. Michael Monteagudo said in a statement. \u201cReduce your speed on curves and turns, remain focused behind the wheel, and always drive according to roadway and traffic conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California Highway Patrol cruiser. (File photo by Chris Stone\/Times of San Diego) A 25-year-old man and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[852,350,6568,35422,13858,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-334970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-chp","tag-crash","tag-el-cajon","tag-fatalities","tag-interstate-8","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}