Crime & Safety
San Clemente Marine Killed When Motorcycle Slams Into Big-Rig
The victim was heading south on I-5, police said. The driver of the truck was not cited.
A San Clemente man died Sunday night after his motorcycle hit a big-rig truck headed south on the I-5 in north San Diego County.
Kyle Joseph Mason, 23, an active-duty Marine, sustained major injuries in the early-evening crash, injuries to which he later succumbed.
Mason was driving his 2007 Yamaha motorcycle north of Lomas Santa Fe at about 7:55 p.m. Friday, according to CHP Officer Chris Parent. He was traveling about 70 to 75 miles per hour in the fast lane when the motorcycle crossed three lanes and struck the back of a 1995 Kenworth tractor-trailer carrying a load of wood, which was driven by Gonzalo Villasenor, 46, of Tijuana.
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Mason was taken to Scripps La Jolla Medical Center where he died at 9:21 p.m., Parent said.
Villasenor was not injured or cited, Parent told City News Service.
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Two southbound lanes of Interstate 5 were closed for about an hour after the crash.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been updated from its original form with the name of the victim.
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