Victim of fatal ocean-front La Jolla traffic crash ID'd as David Lapensee of Tampa

Victim of fatal ocean-front La Jolla traffic crash ID'd as David Lapensee of Tampa

FILE: San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. (Courtesy San Diego County News Center) Authorities Friday publicly identified the 76-year-old East Coast man killed when the car he was driving crashed off a bluffside La Jolla street and landed in the Pacific Ocean. David Lapensee of Tampa, Florida, was driving a car that veered off the roadway in the 1200 block of Coast Boulevard at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, smashed through a fence and plunged ov…

Man killed after car goes off cliff near La Jolla Cove identified

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A 76-year-old man who died after his car went off the side of a La Jolla cliff and into the Pacific Ocean earlier this week has been identified. David Scott Lapensee, of Tampa, Florida, was announced as the deceased, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. The incident occurred Tuesday around 8:08 p.m. near 1200 Coast Blvd. Five hospitalized due to salmonella outbreak at local restaurant Accor…

Driver who died after car went over La Jolla cliff into ocean identified

The man who died earlier this week after his vehicle went through a fence, over a cliff and into the water in La Jolla has been identified. Florida resident David Scott Lapensee, 76, was pronounced dead at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla early Wednesday morning, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. Officials have not released a cause of death as of Friday afternoon. The crash was reported off Coast Boulevard near La Jo…