County medical examiner report finds pedestrian, meth-related deaths increased in 2016

Yvette Urrea Moe

County of San Diego

Communications Office

Pedestrian fatalities reached their highest number in decades, while methamphetamine-related deaths and homicides also increased last year compared to recent years. Those were among the findings noted in the San Diego County medical examiner’s just-released 2016 annual report.

“These statistics closely follow trends reported in 2015,” Dr. Glenn Wagner, the county medical examiner, said, “The report provides a view of recent death trends in San Diego County based on a subset of the total cases.”

The report offers an overview of cases an...