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Identity Released of Lemon Grove Man Killed in Crash with Bus

The 68-year-old motorist died Friday in a head-on collision with a bus in San Diego.

Authorities today released the name of a 68-year-old motorist killed in a head-on collision with a bus on a thoroughfare in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego.

Hassan Awes of Lemon Grove was eastbound in the 5500 block of University Avenue when his vehicle veered into oncoming traffic for unknown reasons shortly after 6 p.m. Friday, according to the county Medical Examiner's Office.

The car collided with a westbound bus, police said. Medics took Awes to Scripps Mercy Hospital in Hillcrest, where he died shortly after arrival.

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No other injuries were reported.

—City News Service

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