U.S. Navy Sailor Killed In Motorcycle Accident
POSTED: 5:51 am PDT October 6,
2008
UPDATED: 6:07 am PDT October 6,
2008
SANTA YSABEL, Calif. -- A U.S. Navy sailor who lost control of his motorcycle and struck and a tree along Highway 78 in Santa Ysabel over the weekend has died in a hospital, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.The 21-year-old sailor crashed just east of Inaja Memorial Park around 3:20 p.m. Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol and the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.The man was airlifted to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, where he died shortly before 7 p.m., the Medical Examiner reported.
Coroner officials described the victim as a single man who lived in Escondido and served as a petty officer aboard the USS Higgins, a destroyer. His name was not immediately released.
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