Authorities say a 28-year-old U.S. Border Patrol agent has died after a single-vehicle crash in rural eastern San Diego County.
The Medical Examiner's Office has identified the agent as Jarod Dittman. The Border Patrol won't confirm his name, only saying that the victim was married with a child and had been an agent for more than a year.
Officials say the agent had started his shift at midnight and drove a Jeep on Otay Lakes Road to his patrol area near Jamul. An hour later a second agent came upon the wreck and called emergency crews. The injured agent was taken to a hospital where he died at 2 a.m.
The incident is being investigated by the California Highway Patrol.
Funeral Information
Visitation will be held for Officer Dittman on Friday, April 4 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Greenwood Mortuary, 4300 Imperial Ave. in San Diego, Calif.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 5 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.
A memorial account has been established for Dittman and his family through Cabrillo Credit Union, account number 118469-02. Checks can be sent to 10075 Carroll Canyon Road, Suite 120, San Diego, CA 92131-1107.
