Driver killed in crash off highway in Pine Valley identified
Joseph Williams was killed in the crash on Old Highway 80 near Buckman Springs Road on Jan. 26, authorities said
A man killed last month when his pickup overturned on Old Highway 80 in Pine Valley has been identified as a 27-year-old Anaheim resident.
Joseph Williams was headed west when he made “an unsafe turning movement” to the right as the road curved to the left near Buckman Springs Road about 2:20 p.m. on Jan. 26, according to the county Medical Examiner’s Office and California Highway Patrol.
Williams’ 2019 white Ford F350 veered off the highway, struck a tree and overturned, according to the CHP.
A passerby spotted the crashed pickup down an embankment and called 911, the Medical Examiner’s Office said.
Williams died in the wreckage.
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