2 Dead in Motorcycle Crash on I-5 in National City

National City, CA — Two people died in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon on Interstate 5 in National City.

At about 12:30 p.m., Yohanna Curry, 32, was driving a Honda motorcycle — with a passenger aboard — at a high rate of speed southbound on Interstate 5 when she entered the transition ramp to eastbound State Route 54 and struck a concrete guard rail, according to a report from the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

Curry and her passenger were thrown from the motorcycle and landed in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5, authorities stated in the report.

Witnesses called 911 and responding paramedics pronounced both Curry and her 47-year-old male passenger — whose identity had not been released as of publication time — deceased at the scene.

Both were wearing helmets, according to the report.

Curry's city of residence was not immediately known.

California Highway Patrol reported that the motorcycle she was driving was stolen.

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