El Cajon man, 55, killed while crossing dark stretch of Jamul highway

A California Highway Patrol cruiser at the scene of a crash File photo courtesy of OnScene TV A pedestrian was struck and killed by an SUV early Thursday on a rural road in East County according to the California Highway Patrol The -year-old El Cajon man was spanning a dimly lit stretch of state Direction near Hillside Drive in Jamul when the eastbound Hyundai Tucson hit him about a m The victim died at the scene public-affairs Officer Jasmine Lopez noted His name was withheld pending family notification Intoxication was not a factor in his death Lopez disclosed