Motorcyclist Killed in Collision With Van Near Escondido

ESCONDIDO, CA — A 26-year-old San Diego man was killed when a van driver pulled out of a driveway and collided with the motorcycle he was driving in an unincorporated area near Escondido, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday.

At 2:16 p.m. Saturday, the victim was riding a black Honda CBR motorcycle in the northbound lane of Mary Lane, north of Orangewood Drive, according to CHP Officer Hunter Gerber. At the same time, a 22-year-old man from Fallbrook was driving a white Nissan NV 1500 van that was pulling out of a private driveway onto Mary Lane when it collided with the motorcycle.

The CHP and fire department paramedics responded to the scene. The rider of the Honda was taken to a hospital, where he later died of his injuries.

Alcohol was not suspected to have contributed to the cause of the collision, Gerber said.

Anyone who witnessed the accident was asked to call the CHP at 760-643- 3400.

—City News Service