Lake Elsinore Motorcyclist Dies After Crashing On Cal Oaks, I-15 Exit

MURRIETA, CA — A 33-year-old motorcyclist from Lake Elsinore has died after crashing his bike over the weekend on the southbound Interstate 15 offramp to California Oaks Road in Murrieta.

At about 7:37 a.m. Sunday, the man, identified as Johnny Martinez, was riding solo on a 2006 Harley-Davidson in the offramp's #1 lane at an unknown speed. For reasons still under investigation, he failed to negotiate the ramp's curve, according to a preliminary report from the California Highway Patrol.

After traveling over 200 feet on the dirt shoulder, the bike overturned and Martinez was ejected onto a rock-covered portion of the shoulder, the CHP reported.

Martinez was taken to Wildomar's Inland Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. No other vehicles were involved in the wreck.

An investigation into the crash's cause remains under investigation by the CHP's Temecula Area office.