On the night of Monday, October 20, 2025, around 10:30 p.m., Officer Lauren Craven, age 25, of the La Mesa Police Department, was tragically struck and killed while assisting at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 8 near Fairmount Avenue in San Diego County, California.

The crash initially involved two vehicles — one of which overturned and came to rest on its roof in the eastbound lanes. A third vehicle then struck the overturned car, killing that driver, a 19-year-old male.

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