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Man Identified in Over the Side Crash in Malibu

A 34-year-old man from Covina died in Friday's crash, the Coroner's Office says.

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The Coroner's Office Saturday identified the driver who was killed when his pickup truck fell 350 down a steep mountainside from Mulholland Highway in the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu.

The motorist identified as Mike Ramirez, 34, of Covina, said Coroner's Lt. Larry Dietz.

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Ramirez was the only person inside a green pickup during the crash, in the 35700 block of Mulholland Highway, which was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 2:54 p.m. Friday.

The crash was about 1-1/2 miles north of Leo Carrillo State Beach, and witnesses reported the truck was a "work vehicle."

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