Authorities Thursday publicly identified a man who was fatally struck by a car last week after venturing onto Interstate 5 on foot near Mission Hills.
Michael Stoecker, 35, was walking on the freeway south of Old Town Avenue when a southbound Volkswagen sedan hit him shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sept. 11, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Stoecker, who was homeless, died at the scene of the accident, the agency reported.
City News Service contributed to this article.