Motorcyclist John Van Wyke, 78, killed and several injured in crash on Route 76 in Pauma Valley, California
Motorcyclist Killed In SR-76 Crash In Pauma Valley While Riding With Group: CHP
Finding herself driving on the gravel shoulder of the state route, the young woman over-corrected, sending the car across the highway and into the westbound lane in front of the approaching motorcycles, CHP public-affairs Officer Jim Bettencourt said.
Two of the riders were able to steer clear of the car, but the third hit it broadside.
Driver veers into path of 3 motorcyclists; one killed
A third motorcyclist, a 78-year-old man on a 2015 Harley Davidson, hit the side of the Honda. The rider, of Rialto, Calif., died before he could be taken to a hospital.
Motorcyclist killed in Pauma Valley crash identified
The man, from Rialto, Calif., was traveling with three other motorcyclist when the 18-year-old driver, a woman from Temecula who was headed east, veered onto the right-shoulder, then into the westbound lanes near Cole Grade Road about 12:30 p.m. on July 6, authorities said.
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