Crime & Safety
Motorcyclist Killed In I-5 Crash In North County
The motorcycle collided with an empty horse trailer being hauled by a pickup truck in Oceanside.
OCEANSIDE, CA — A motorcycle collided with an empty horse trailer being hauled by a pickup truck in Oceanside Wednesday, leaving the motorcyclist dead.
The 20-year-old man was riding a Suzuki motorcycle in a middle lane on Interstate 5 near Las Pulgas Road at 12:39 a.m. Wednesday when, for unknown reasons, he crashed into the trailer hauled by a Ford pickup driven by a 29-year-old man, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The rider was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was uninjured, the CHP reported.
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The crash affected traffic on the highway near Camp Pendleton for about two hours.
— City News Service
