Update 8:40 p.m. — The Deerhorn Valley Antler Alerts has this update:
Expect 94 to be closed in both directions between Otay Lakes Rd and SR-188. Head-on crash 300 yds east of Community Bldg Rd has reportedly claimed 2 lives, with another serious injury transported. According to Yvonne Purdy from Dulzura CERT, the closure is will last approximately 3 hours. The coroner’s was delayed by the traffic backup and had to travel east using the westbound lanes.
February 9, 2013 (San Diego’s East County)–6:35 p.m. State Route 94 is shut down in both directions due to a head-on fatality accident at Marron Valley Road, near the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in East County, the California Highway Patrol reports.
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