Camp Pendleton Marine ID'd In Fatal Motorcycle Crash

OCEANSIDE, CA — A Camp Pendelton Marine was identified Monday as the motorcyclist killed in a high-speed, head-on collision with a pickup truck near Temecula.

Joshua Crain, 20, was fatally injured just after 9:45 a.m. Sunday on Sage Road, just north of Red Mountain Road, in the unincorporated community of Sage, between Hemet and Temecula, according to the California Highway Patrol and Riverside County Coroner's Office.

Crain was driving his 2016 BMW S1100 northbound on Sage and was "traveling too fast to safely traverse a curve in the roadway," according to CHP spokesman Officer Mike Lassig.

Investigations show that Crain was riding at a speed over 90 mph on the narrow two-lane road when he collided with a 2011 Nissan Frontier pickup.

"He lost control ... causing him to slide across the painted solid double yellow lines separating the north- and southbound lanes," the CHP spokesman said.

The driver of the truck was not injured and no arrests were made, according to Lassig. Roughly 10 minutes after the crash, the Riverside County fire department arrived at the scene and pronounced Crain dead.

"The CHP would like to remind all motorists to be mindful of speed while driving or riding in areas where elevation changes and roads curve," Lassig said. "Traveling too fast will prevent the ability to slow or stop if there is an obstacle or a sharp curve ahead."