Tragedy strikes East County family days before ‘surprise’ announcement

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Greysi Rivas was just minutes away from home when a wrong-way crash claimed her life, coming days before she was set to receive an emotional surprise.

“It’s been a nightmare our whole family never woke up from,” said Rivas’ daughter, Melissa Silva.

Silva says Rivas, 66, was driving to her El Cajon home from her janitorial job at a La Jolla law office around 3 a.m. last Thursday when, according to the CHP, a BMW SUV headed the wrong way crashed head-on into her Mini Cooper near San Diego State University…

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