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The motorcyclist who died Saturday after crashing into an SUV and a pole in San Marcos was identified as Mark Robert McHose, the Medical Examiner’s Office said Sunday.
The 47-year-old of Encinitas was eastbound on Mission Road when he collided with a northbound GMC Yukon at the Pico Avenue intersection about 1:30 p.m., authorities said.
McHose was thrown from his bike, which then crashed into a light pole.
He was taken to Palomar Medical Center and died shortly after arriving.
A U.S. Marine was killed and three others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash early Saturday morning on Interstate 8 in near state Route 163, authorities said.
The crash was on the westbound side of I-8 about 5 a.m., according to the CHP. One of the vehicles crashed into a barrier and another three cars slammed into it.
The Medical Examiner's Office stated that person killed in the crash, later identified as Ricky Jones, was a 20-year-old, active-duty Marine.