(FOX 5/KUSI) — All eastbound lanes of a stretch of I-8 in central San Diego remained closed Tuesday morning after a crash the night before killed a La Mesa police officer and another driver.

Officials said that around 10:30 p.m., a vehicle overturned in the eastbound lanes near Fairmount Avenue and was hit by another vehicle. One person died in that crash.

According to La Mesa police, Officer Lauren Craven stopped to help and was fatally struck by a vehicle.

California Highway Patrol officers who responded attended to Craven, but she died at the site, police said.

The agency said Craven was 25 and had joined the La Mesa Police Department in February 2024.

The CHP took over the investigation and said the eastbound lanes of I-8 would remain closed for several hours into Tuesday morning.

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