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Toll Road Crash Victim Dead at 26

Edward Dennis Dejak, 26, of Rancho Santa Margarita was pronounced dead at Mission Hospital early this morning.

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The man whose silver sedan has died, said Supervising Deputy Coroner Larry Esslinger.

Edward Dennis Dejak, 26, of Rancho Santa Margarita, was pronounced dead at Mission Hospital at 12:25 a.m. Thursday morning.

An autopsy has been scheduled for later today or tomorrow to determine the cause of death, Esslinger said.

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No funeral arrangements have yet been made, said sister Diane Iacofano.

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