Medical emergency causes crash on 905 freeway in San Diego

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A driver suffered a medical emergency, which caused his car to go off the Otay Mesa (905) Freeway in San Diego Saturday evening.

The crash was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 6:59 p.m. on the westbound Otay Mesa Freeway at Siempre Viva Road.

Arriving San Diego firefighters performed CPR on the patient, described on the CHP log as a 74-year-old man.

Witnesses told the CHP the car went off the freeway at the right-hand shoulder. Arriving officers said the crash caused guardrail damage.

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