Nereida Benitez, an emergency room nurse, dies after being struck while assisting at the scene of a traffic crash in Southern California. Multiple outlets report that Benitez had just finished an overnight shift at Sharp Memorial Hospital and was driving home when she stopped to help following a collision near State Route 76 in the La Mesa/SoCal area on June 11. According to accounts, she pulled over to assist a crash victim. After she stopped, she is hit by a vehicle traveling on the highway, resulting in her death.
The reports describe Benitez as a nurse returning home to Temecula after work, and both sources frame her actions as responding to people involved in the crash. Details about the other vehicles involved and the circumstances of the collision leading to her being struck are not provided in the excerpts. The incident is presented as occurring during daytime highway travel and is connected to the earlier crash scene where Benitez stopped to provide help.
