Crime & Safety

Man Who Died in Crash Fleeing Police in El Cajon Was From Santa Ysabel

A man that crashed and died while speeding away from police on a stolen motorcycle in El Cajon last week has been identified as a resident of Santa Ysabel, according to the Medical Examiner.

Carl Lee Denmark, 22, of Santa Ysabel, was killed as the bike fell and he was run over by a car at 9:25 p.m. on. The wreck was on Graves Avenue, north of the Highway 67 interchange at Broadway, El Cajon Police Lt. Walter Miller said.

"The motorcyclist was northbound on Graves at a high rate of speed and driving in a reckless manner when an officer at the intersection saw him and attempted to stop him," Miller said.

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"The motorcyclist failed to negotiate a curve in the road, and fell from the vehicle into the southbound lane of Graves Avenue and Hart Drive and was struck by a southbound vehicle."

Denmark was pronounced dead at the scene, Miller said. The driver of the other vehicle, a Honda Accord, was not injured.

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The crash was being investigated by the CHP because it happened in its jurisdiction in unincorporated El Cajon, Miller said.

-City News Service


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