OCTOBER 25, 2009 – A 20-year-old San Diego man died early Saturday at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla following a motorcycle crash Friday evening in Rancho Peñasquitos. The accident happened Friday evening at about 6:15 p.m. on Black Mountain Road near Defreitas Avenue, authorities reported. The San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Garrett Bowman of San Diego. Bowman was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital where he died early Saturday morning. San Diego Police are investigating the cause of the motorcycle accident.
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AUGUST 22, 2009 – A 22-year-old Spring Valley man died early Saturday morning in a solo-vehicle motorcycle accident on the Clairemont Drive / Mission Bay Drive off-ramp of northbound Interstate 5, authorities have reported. The crash occurred at around 1:20 a.m. According to reports, Richard Dennis Fox was riding a yellow Yamaha R6 motorcycle when he lost control of his motorcycle and struck a guardrail. He was ejected from the bike and died at the scene of the crash. The cause of the fatal San Diego motorcycle accident is under investigation.
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AUGUST 18, 2009 - A 27-year-old man died when his motorcycle slid into opposite lanes near Escondido and he was run over, authorities said. The unidentified motorcyclist, an active-duty sailor, was riding a 2007 Suzuki GSXR north on Harmony Grove Road near Via Ambiente when the accident occurred about 5 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Witnesses told investigators the victim was riding the sport bike at about 30-35 mph when he failed to negotiate a slight curve and slid into oncoming traffic. He was run over by a 2007 Toyota Corolla driven by a 22-year-old Escondido woman, who told officers she tried to steer to the right but was unable to avoid the collision, authorities said. Despite efforts by emergency personnel to revive the motorcyclist, he died at the scene, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner. Speed, alcohol or drugs are not considered a factor in the motorcycle crash. As part of its investigation, the CHP will try to determine why the motorcyclist lost control.
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AUGUST 17, 2009 - A 65-year-old man died when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle that was stalled in lanes of Interstate 15, authorities said. Laurence Irving Fullerton III of Poway was driving a Honda CBR north on I-15 just north of Via Rancho Parkway when he collided with the back of a stalled Volkswagen Jetta about 9:15 a.m., according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner. Fullerton was transported to Palomar Medical Center where he died at 11:23 a.m., officials said. The CHP is investigating the fatal I-15 motorcycle crash.
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AUGUST 15, 2009 - A man was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed in a residential neighborhood about nine miles east of downtown San Diego, authorities said. The motorcycle crash occurred about 7:50 p.m. at the intersection of La Corta Street and Massachusetts Avenue, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Witnesses told authorities that the motorcyclist, identified as 29-year-old James Sheldon Rader of El Cajon, was speeding at the time of the crash. The victim died at Scripps Mercy Hospital of mulitple blunt force injuries, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the fatal motorcycle crash.
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AUGUST 13, 2009 - A 60-year-old man was seriously injured when the motorcycle he was riding slammed into a retaining wall in a North San Diego County neighborhood. The unidentified man failed to negotiate a turn on Avenida del Oro in the Rancho del Oro neighborhood about 7 p.m., according to Oceanside police. The man, who was wearing a helmet, was flown to a local trauma unit with major injuries, authorities said. Alcohol may have been a factor in the crash, police said. The Oceanside Police Department is continuing to investigate the motorcycle crash.
AUGUST 1, 2009 - A 44-year-old man was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car in a San Diego County residential neighborhood, authorities said. Michael Alan Vankleeck of Chula Vista was riding south on Nacion Avenue about 1:45 p.m. when he collided with a car that was turning left from Montclaire Street, according to Chula Vista police. Vankleeck was wearing a helmet, but suffered critical injuries and died at the hospital, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office. The Chula Vista Police Department is investigating the motorcycle collision.
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JULY 31, 2009 - A motorcyclist was injured in a crash on Interstate 5 in San Diego County, authorities said. The accident happened in southbound lanes around noon, according to the California Highway Patrol. Details of the I-5 accident were unavailable, but witnesses said the victim was lying unconscious in left lanes, authorities said. The accident occurred near the Poinsettia Lane off-ramp and within 10 minutes traffic was backed up to Palomar Airport Road. Investigators requested a blood technician be assigned to the crash, suggesting they believed alcohol or drugs were involved. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the motorcycle crash.
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JULY 31, 2009 – A marine suffered serious injuries Friday morning in a motorcycle accident on I-5 Friday morning, fire officials reported. The marine, who was not identified, was riding his motorcycle northbound on Interstate Five when he collided with another vehicle, near the Harbor Drive Exit. The collision was reported at about 6:20 a.m. The motorcyclist, who authorities said was likely on his way to Camp Pendleton, was flown to Scripps La Jolla by helicopter, with a possible fractured arm and other injuries. The cause of the Oceanside motorcycle accident remains under investigation.
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JULY 27, 2009 - A speeding motorcyclist who was riding without a helmet suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash, authorities said. The unidentified motorcyclist allegedly ran a red light near the intersection of Mesa Drive and Rancho del Oro Drive and collided head-on into a sports-utility vehicle about 1:30 a.m., according to Oceanside police. The victim was airlifted from El Camino High School to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, where further information was unavailable, officials said. A woman in the SUV suffered minor injuries, officials said. The Oceanside Police Department in investigating the motorcycle crash.
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