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A 20-year-old motorcyclist died Wednesday when he flew off his bike and hit a pickup, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The man was riding his 2013 Ducati Monster on westbound state Route 94 at 1:44 p.m. when he went to transition onto southbound Interstate 15.
The CHP said the man entered the turn at 60 mph despite a suggested speed of 30 mph. The motorcyclist tried to brake, but as a result the bike went off the road and struck a median.
An SUV carrying two people and two dogs rolled off the right shoulder and down an embankment on Interstate 15 on Wednesday, catching fire, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The car was traveling southbound around 1:10 p.m. near Gopher Canyon Road when somehow it veered off the road.
A husband and wife, both about 50, suffered minor injuries, while the dogs ran out of the car and were loose for nearly two hours before being corralled.
The cause of the accident was still being investigated, but no alcohol was involved.
One person was killed and two others injured in a four-vehicle crash Sunday in the Harborview section of San Diego, authorities said.
The crash at the intersection of Grape Street and Harbor Drive was reported at 7:10 p.m., said the director of marketing communications for the Port of San Diego.
The fatally injured victim was pronounced dead at the scene and the injured patients were taken to a hospital, but their conditions were not immediately available.
A woman crashed a car into two pillars at a fire station near Spring Valley, injuring her female passenger, a Cal Fire San Diego spokesman said Sunday.
The crash occurred at 10 p.m. Saturday at San Miguel Fire District Station 16 at 905 Gillespie Drive, said a Cal Fire-San Diego County Fire Authority Battalion Chief.
One pillar was destroyed and another was damaged, he said. No firefighters were injured. The damage did not require firefighters to leave the building.
A parolee wanted for a traffic offense led law enforcement on a car chase Sunday through La Mesa and El Cajon until his vehicle crashed into two others, and he tried to run off with a female passenger, police said.
A La Mesa police tried to pull over Sean Bartelson, 34, whom they recognized as a known subject on parole, shortly after 8 a.m. for an unspecified traffic violation at El Cajon Boulevard and Baltimore Drive, said a La Mesa police Lt. in a statement.
A woman was found dead Sunday in a car that went off state Route 67 north of Lakeside, authorities said.
The crash was on SR-67, about 200 yards south of Lazy Acres Drive, about a half mile south of the Scripps Poway Parkway intersection.
It was reported at 7:18 a.m., however California Highway Patrol officials said a witness who heard the crash said it occurred about 12:30 a.m.
The vehicle, a black Honda sedan, reportedly went over the side of the road.
The driver was declared dead at the scene, a Heartland Fire & Rescue dispatcher said.
Two lanes of a freeway in Corona were shut down on Thursday after a tour bus returning from a casino trip during a rain storm crashed, injuring 22 passengers, the CHP said.
The passengers were quickly taken to hospitals after the crash. Most suffered minor injuries, fire officials said. All of the passengers were adults.
The crash was reported at 2:43 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the Ontario (15) Freeway at Magnolia Avenue, officials said.
The bus was returning from Pala Casino in San Diego, headed back to Westminster, Corona Fire Chief John Medina said.