A motorcycle accident that occurred early Saturday evening left one victim dead, and landed two others in the hospital with minor injuries. The victim that died was riding a motorcycle when he collided with a pickup on Otay Lakes Road at approximately 6 p.m..
The motorcyclist’s name has yet to be released, but it is confirmed that he was 22 years of age and in the Navy. A witness of the accident said that the motorcyclist took a curve, just east of Lower Otay Reservoir, too fast causing him to slid across the road and underneath an oncoming Ford pickup truck. The driver and the passenger of the Ford were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.
Early Saturday morning a single vehicle motorcycle accident occurred in Oceanside resulting in the death of the motorcyclist. The San Diego Medical Examiners Office reported that the operator of the motorcycle was killed instantly after he slammed his motorcycle into some utility boxes on an Oceanside sidewalk.
The San Diego Police Department’s report of the accident states that the motorcyclist was traveling over the speed limit heading westbound on Mesa Drive in Oceanside. The victim lost control of his motorcycle and jumped the curb of the sidewalk just west of Avenida de la Plata hitting the utility boxes. The impact of the collision threw the victim to the ground leaving him with a fatal head injury. The accident took place just before 3 a.m. , and the name of the victim has yet to be released.
A traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a Lexus sport utility vehicle on a rain slick stretch of interstate 805 caused the death of a motorcyclist. The motorcycle accident took place just before 6 a.m. on Monday morning, resulting in a significant freeway closure that lasted at least two hours. The motorcyclist who has been identified as Paul Palika of Oceanside was thrown nearly 75 feet killing him on impact.
The California Highway Patrol reports that the operator of the SUV was traveling at an unsafe speed considering the rainy conditions, but not over the speed limit. The SUV clipped the back of a semi-truck leading to the SUV uncontrollably crossing several lanes of the freeway before crashing into the motorcycle. As of now the driver of the SUV is not faced with any criminal charges, and was not injured in the accident.
An elderly man died Wednesday afternoon from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident earlier that morning. The accident took place on state Route 52 in Santee at around 8:30 a.m. California Highway Patrol reports that the victim was traveling west on Route 52 when he decelerated his motorcycle for a traffic jam near Fanita Drive. As the victim slowed down he was rear-ended by a 2009 Toyota Corolla throwing him from his motorcycle. The driver of the Corolla has been identified as Amanda Cain, a 23-year-old San Diego native. The accident report states that Cain was going approximately 65 mph and was not able to stop in time to avoid the motorcycle in front of her. The 68-year-old motorcyclist, who’s name was not released, was taken by ambulance to a hospital where he died a few hours later. Authorities do not suspect that Cain was under the influence of any drugs or alcohol at the time of the accident.
A marine that was stationed in San Diego died Saturday evening after crashing his motorcycle on Highway 78. The San Diego County medical examiner’s office stated that the 21 year old marine died a few hours after the crash, which was just west of interstate 15 on Highway 78.
The accident occurred when the marine miss judged a turn on the highway, failing to negotiate the curve the motorcyclist was thrown from the motorcycle. The medical examiner’s statement said that an ambulance came to the scene of the accident and took the motorcyclist to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, where he died at 5 p.m. the same night. The marine’s name has not been released, pending notification of next of kin.
On Monday afternoon a motorcycle accident involving a SUV sent a 10-year-old boy to the hospital. The boy was riding on his father’s back while driving the motorcycle when it slammed into the back of a Ford Explorer. The accident took place on University Ave., around 3:55 p.m.
Witnesses have claimed to have seen the Ford Explorer come to a sudden stop causing the motorcycle behind to crash into the back of the SUV. The boy’s knees slammed into the ground during the accident, causing temporary paralysis in his legs. The boy has been sent to the IU Health Memorial Hospital for further evaluation.
An Imperial Beach man died after a motorcycle accident on Route 76 to the top of Palomar Mountain on Sunday. His body was found on Sunday by another motorcyclist.
According to the CHP, Cruz had been traveling up the steep mountain grade in a 1997 Ducati with two friends Sunday afternoon and lost control of his motorcycle and went over the edge.
The two friends he was riding with did not report the incident however. His body was discovered by another motorcyclist, Roldan Cruz from Irvine, as he was hiking back toward the road after also losing control of his own Ducati motorcycle and driving off the road. The two men were not riding together.
A California Highway Patrol officer said the identity of the Imperial Beach man could not be released until his family is notified of the accident.
According to 2009 data by the NHTSA, there were 394 motorcycle accident deaths in California, which was down from the previous year but data for 2010 has not yet been released. It is important if you are riding a motorcycle to always ride wearing a helmet so that your head is protected in the event of an accident.
A 31 year old riding a motorcycle, was seriously injured Wednesday night after a head on collision in the Balboa Park area. The motorcyclist failed to handle a sharp curve going 45 mph near Redwood Street. The man was driving south on Pershing Drive around 8:45 p.m. San Diego police detective Dan Wall was first on the scene. Detective Wall reported that the motorcyclist crossed over a double yellow line colliding with a Nissan Altima heading north. The man driving the car that was struck by the motorcycle was a 25 year old man. He suffered cuts from flying glass and other minor injuries. The motorcyclist suffered more serious injuries. The rider endured multiple fractures and head injuries. Police do not believe that alcohol played a role in this accident. Investigators think that speeding was the main cause of the accident. The motorcycle was going 45 mph in a 35 mph zone.
A motorcyclist was injured Wednesday in Allied Gardens after a Senior Citizen made an unsafe lane change in front of him, according to SDPD. The Motorcyclist was heading north on Waring Road at Orcutt Avenue just after 4 p.m. when a 90-year-old driver in a Toyota turned left into oncoming traffic, police said. The motorcyclist could not avoid the collision and hit the car on its side. He was taken to a hospital with broken bones and a fractured pelvis. San Diego police have submitted the woman’s license to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a reevaluation where she will have to take a both a written and driving test before it is determined if she is allowed to continue to drive, Detective Dan Wall said.
A motorcyclist suffered major injuries and was airlifted to a hospital Today after colliding head on with a utility van on the Banner Grade east of Julian, according to police investigators. The crash occurred about 10 a.m. on Route 78 east of Wynola Road, on the winding steep road between Julian and the Anza-Borrego Desert. Witnesses reported that the motorcyclist struck an AT&T utility truck head on, according to the California Highway Patrol. It wasn’t clear if the truck was moving or parked. The injured motorcyclist was taken by ambulance to the Julian fire department and loaded into a medical helicopter to go to a hospital. California Highway Patrol officers closed the roadway for more than an hour as they investigated the crash.
