Crime & Safety

Mission Viejo Man Killed Running Into Freeway Identified

The man killed Monday evening after throwing himself into I-5 traffic has been identified as Mission Viejo resident Darius Porter, 21.

Last year Porter played small forward for Irvine Valley College's Lasers basketball team. He was a freshman according to the team's online roster.

Before that he attended Temescal Canyon High School in Lake Elsinore.

A Patch reader who may have been the last person to speak with Porter described his encounter here.

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