Harley Rider Critically Injured In Menifee Crash, Arrest Made

MENIFEE, CA — A motorcyclist was severely injured in a collision with a suspected drunken driver who turned in front of him at a Menifee intersection, authorities said Monday.

The crash happened about 10:30 p.m. Sunday on eastbound Highway 74 at Trumble Road, according to the Menifee Police Department.

Sgt. Matthew Bloch said the victim, whose name was not released, was riding his Harley-Davidson westbound on the 74 when 31-year-old Nathan Stipp of Menifee initiated a left turn in his Toyota pickup truck from eastbound lanes — directly in front the motorcyclist.

The Harley struck the passenger side of the pickup, hurling the victim onto the highway, Bloch said.

He said Stipp remained at the scene.

Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department crews reached the location within a few minutes and rendered treatment to the motorcyclist, who was taken to a regional trauma center with major life-threatening injuries.

The rider remains in critical condition, according to the sergeant.

Stipp was arrested without incident and booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of driving under the influence resulting in great bodily injury.

He's being held on $50,000 bail.

Background information on the suspect was not available.