A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a big rig in Fallbrook Friday night, officials said.
The fatal accident happened around 10 p.m. on northbound Interstate 15 at the State Route 76 interchange.
California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Holt said the motorcyclist, who has yet to be identified, was riding on the SR-76 transition ramp when he somehow lost control of his bike and drifted off the ramp.
He rode onto a grassy divide before winding up on the I-15 where the slammed into the side of a big rig traveling northbound on the freeway.
Holt said first responders attempted to revive the motorcyclist at the scene, but he succumbed to his injuries. Holt said the driver of the big rig was shaken up but not injured in the crash.
The accident remains under investigation. Holt said it’s too early to determine whether the motorcyclist was speeding at the time of the crash.
