A person riding a motorcycle suffered serious injuries in Encinitas Saturday when the motorcyclist and an SUV that was making a U-turn on South Coast Highway 101 collided.

The driver of a Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle made the U-turn in front of the southbound motorcycle south of Santa Fe Drive about 3 p.m. Sheriff’s officials said the motorcycle rider suffered serious, but not life-threatening injuries, and was taken to a hospital.

A man riding his bicycle was hit by a fast moving motor vehicle in southeastern San Diego Wednesday afternoon. The victim got trapped beneath the larger vehicle and suffered major injuries while trapped there.

The bicycle accident was reported at about 3:05 p.m. on Imperial Avenue at 61st Street, in Encanto. Police officers, firefighters and paramedics were called to the scene. Imperial Avenue was closed off for an investigation. It extent of the bicyclist’s injuries is unknown to the public at this time.

A man died Tuesday night after being struck by a pickup truck near the intersection of Executive Way and La Jolla Village Drive in University City. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the pedestrian accident victim.

The crash was reported at around 8 p.m. near Westfield UTC mall. The man was crossing La Jolla Village Drive from south to north just east of the intersection when he was hit by a Toyota Tacoma driven by a 48-year-old man.

A man was killed Thursday night when his sport-utility vehicle veered off state Route 75, went down an embankment and landed on its side on the edge of San Diego Bay. The car accident occurred about 6:30 p.m. Witnesses reported that the vehicle was heading south on Route 75 went it crossed into the northbound lanes and went across the bike path and the Fiddler’s Cove Marina parking lot.

Firefighters extricated the man from the vehicle, and then pronounced dead at the scene. Before the accident, police had received a call about a vehicle being driven recklessly on the Silver Strand. 10News is a media partner of U-T San Diego.

A 44-year-old man riding his motorcycle was critically injured Monday in an auto accident near Camp Pendleton. The victim was riding a 1997 Honda 650L motorcycle south on Interstate 5 when the motorcycle accident occurred at around 12:35 p.m.

The motorcyclist turned the motorcycle to the right and veered across several lanes of traffic and was ejected off his bike. A witness who is also a nurse gave the man first aid until the paramedics arrived to the scene. The injury victim was immediately taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital, via medical helicopter.

A 19-year-old Ramona woman’s life was taken Monday when her car veered into the path and crashed into a propane truck on San Vicente Road west of Wildcat Canyon Road. According to witnesses and evidence at the scene of the truck accident, the woman was driving a silver Kia Spectra at an unsafe speed for the wet road conditions when the accident occurred about 2:10 p.m.

The woman failed to negotiate a curve in the road and the Kia spun out and crossed the double yellow line directly into the path of the semi-truck. The woman, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. The driver of the truck, Richard Leroy, 62, of Ramona, was not injured. He said he was driving about 30 to 35 mph at the time of the accident.

A 20-year-old male who was riding a skateboard was critically injured Monday night in a hit-and-run accident. The auto accident was reported at 5:51 p.m. at Oleander Avenue and Alamitos Way. The victim was struck by a vehicle traveling east on Oleander.

Several hours later, a man called the sheriff’s communications center to report that he was involved in the collision. In a statement, he admitted that he was driving the vehicle that struck the victim. He was taken into custody.

The San Diego Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run death of a 44-year-old transient in National City. A motorist saw the woman, whose name was not released, lying the middle of the street on Plaza Boulevard near B Avenue about 7:30 p.m.

The driver turned around to investigate further and saw a dark sedan crash into the woman, slow down, then drive off, according to the county Medical Examiner’s Office. The witness called 911. Paramedics took her to a hospital, where she died. An autopsy was being conducted Tuesday afternoon.

One woman died and one was critically injured Thursday when their car crashed into a palm tree in the center divider of El Camino Real in Oceanside. The car accident took place at around 12:35 p.m.

He said it was not immediately known why the southbound driver veered onto the center divider. The 1999 Honda Accord CL slammed into a palm tree on the passenger side. Firefighters got the driver out and she was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition. The passenger remained in the crumpled vehicle for about two hours before she was removed by paramedics and pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

A 21-year-old motorcycle driver from Escondido was seriously injured Tuesday when he was run over after being involved in a motorcycle accident. The motorcyclist was heading north on Bear Valley Parkway at Birch Avenue about 5:50 a.m. when he broadsided a 2003 Saturn car going west on Birch that failed to stop at the stop sign.

The victim of the accident who had the right away, was thrown from his bike and ended up in traffic lanes. The 29-year-old driver of the Saturn then lost control of the car, which spun around and was hit by a different vehicle traveling south.