Fatal Motorcycle Crash Shuts Down Mission Bay Drive [UPDATED]

Mission Bay, CA — A motorcyclist was killed in the Mission Bay area of San Diego Friday night in a collision involving three other vehicles, police said.

The crash was reported about 8:20 p.m. near SeaWorld in the 2400 block of West Mission Bay Drive, just north of Interstate 8, according to San Diego Police Department Officer Robert Heims.

Heims said the motorcyclist "drove next to a Lamborghini and started revving his engine next to it."

The motorcyclist then lost control and accelerated to a high rate of speed and sideswiped a Geo Prism, according to Heims.

"Then he rear ended a 2016 Ford Explorer," Heims said.

The motorcyclist was thrown off his bike and into the center median, resulting in his death at the scene, the officer said.

The identity of the deceased was not known as of publication time.

The crash shut down Mission Bay Drive in both directions.

The Sports Arena Boulevard off-ramp from Interstate 8 was also closed — and expected to remain so for at least three hours — and a SigAlert was issued, according to Heims.

—City News Service and Patch Editor Maggie Avants contributed to this report.

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