From ABC10 News
CHULA VISTA, Calif. – The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office on Saturday publicly named the 37-year-old man killed in a chain-reaction series of crashes on a freeway near Sweetwater Regional Park early Friday morning.
Christian Franco of Chula Vista was ejected from his vehicle and was pronounced dead on the scene, CHP public-affairs Officer Jake Sanchez said. Franco died from multiple blunt force injuries, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
10News learned Franco played baseball for Sweetwater High School and Chico State. For Chico State baseball coach Dave Taylor, the pain is almost too much.
“It’s tough … It really is. Like I said, I’ve never gone through it before,” he said.
Taylor has never before lost a player in 18 years coaching baseball at Chico State. He says Franco was more like family.
“There are loyal people out there but he was, you know, at the top of the list as far as just good guys,” said Taylor.
Taylor says that although it has been a long time since Franco played outfield for his team in 1999 and 2000, as Chico State took on UC San Diego Friday evening ….MORE
From San Diego County Medical Examiner: “The decedent was a single 37-year-old, Hispanic male who resided in Chula Vista. On 02/14/2014, he was the driver and sole occupant of a gray Jaguar that was traveling northbound on SR 125 when his vehicle struck a guardrail. The vehicle rolled and he was ejected. Three additional vehicles subsequently became involved in the accident. The decedent was confirmed dead by responding fire personnel and officers.”