A Dodge SUV rear-ended the apparently broken-down car on the eastbound side of the freeway west of Fletcher Parkway in La Mesa on Monday

James Allina, 79, and his 77-year-old wife, Rosalyn, were seated inside a stationary sedan with its lights off shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday when another vehicle rear-ended the apparently broken-down car on the eastbound side of the freeway west of Fletcher Parkway in La Mesa.

James Allina and Rosalyn Allina, of La Mesa, were driving east on the freeway when, for unknown reasons, their car became stationary with its lights off in the third lane near Fletcher Parkway, the Medical Examiner’s Office said.

A multi-vehicle collision last week on westbound Interstate 8 near San Diego State University resulted in the death of a man.