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Update: Encinitas Driver Killed in Crash Identified

Dennis Holden was behind the wheel Tuesday when he collided with a flatbed tow truck in San Juan Capistrano.

Posted by Marlena Medford (Editor), October 10, 2012 at 08:40 pm

The Orange County Coroner’s office has released the name of the driver whose life ended on the I-5 in San Juan Capistrano Tuesday.

He is Dennis Holden of Encinitas. He was one month shy of his 65^th birthday.

Holden was driving his Lexus RX 350 northbound just south of Ortega Highway when he slammed into a flatbed tow truck, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The crash caused the CHP to close almost all lanes of the freeway, creating a traffic jam for miles both on the I-5 and city streets in San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente and Dana Point, according to the CHP.

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