Officials release identities of three people killed in traffic accidents last weekend

San Diego County Diagnostic Examiner s Office File photo courtesy San Diego County News Center Administrators have identified three men who died last weekend in San Diego-area traffic accidents Two of the deadly crashes took place Saturday the first in eastern Chula Vista The victim -year-old Jeremy Valencia of San Diego got into a motorcycle crash at Otay Lakes Rd Wueste Rd while on a group ride with friends He was transported to Scripps Mercy Hospital where he was pronounced dead at about p m the San Diego County Therapeutic Examiner s Office stated About five hours later Zechariah Lanier of Lemon Grove was fatally injured when the automobile he was driving crashed off an elevated freeway connector and landed on westbound State Highway east of I- officers mentioned Lanier was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident shortly before p m according to the curative examiner The third roadway death took place at about p m Sunday when a Ducati motorcycle with two people riding it tandem collided head-on with a Ford Explorer at Avocado Blvd and Explorer Rd in La Mesa the California Highway Patrol communicated The man piloting the two-wheeler -year-old Roby Roel of El Cajon died at the scene officers declared His client a -year-old woman was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego for recovery of serious injuries The driver of the SUV a -year-old La Mesa man suffered minor injuries in the wreck CHP public-affairs Officer Jasmine Lopez stated