Motorcycle Rider Breaks Ankle In Head-On Collision In Ocean Beach

SAN DIEGO, CA — A 43-year-old man riding a motorcycle suffered a broken ankle in a head-on collision with an SUV Thursday evening in Ocean Beach.

Officers from the San Diego Police Department were called at 6:57 p.m. to Ebers Street and West Point Loma Boulevard where they learned the motorcyclist was riding westbound in the 4700 block of West Point Loma Boulevard when a 65-year-old man driving a Jeep Wrangler eastbound turned onto Ebers Street into the path of the motorcycle, causing a head-on collision, said Officer Robert Heims.

The motorcycle rider was thrown off the motorcycle and onto the hood of the Wrangler and sustained an open ankle fracture. He was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

It was unknown if the driver of the Wrangler was injured.

The department's Traffic Division is investigating the collision. Anyone with information related to it was asked to call 858-495-7800 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

— City News Service