Crime & Safety
Motorcyclist ID'd In I-15 Fatal Hit-And-Run, CHP Seeks Driver
A 63-year-old Menifee man died early Saturday on the northbound I-15 freeway. CHP is still searching for the driver who fled the scene.
LAKE ELSINORE, CA — California Highway Patrol officers Monday were continuing their search for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a 63- year-old motorcyclist on Interstate 15 in Lake Elsinore.
Donald Berg Jr. of Menifee was fatally injured about 2:30 a.m. Saturday on northbound I-15, just north of Railroad Canon Road, according to the CHP.
Officer Mike Lassig said that Berg was riding his 2007 Yamaha V-Star at an unknown speed in the No. 2 lane when an unidentified motorist approached the victim from behind, also at undetermined speed.
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"The party failed to avoid the rear of the Yamaha and collided into it," Lassig said. "The motorcycle rider was ejected, causing him to collide into the roadway. He came to rest in the No. 2 lane, where he sustained fatal injuries."
The driver of the vehicle that struck Berg did not stop.
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Other motorists encountered the wreckage and called 911. Riverside County Fire Department paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
Lassig said that CHP investigators were working to identify the make and model of the vehicle, as well as gather other details that might provide leads in the case.
Anyone with information was urged to contact the CHP's Temecula office at 951-506-2000.
