Man dies in dirt bike crash in University Heights area

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SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A 31-year-old man riding a 2018 KTM dirt bike at a high rate of speed without lights on in a dark area died in a collision with a silver 2005 Lexus SUV in the neighborhood of Heights University of San. Diego, authorities said on Friday.

San Diego Police Department officers were called Thursday at 8:16 p.m. to Governor Drive and Erlanger Street where they learned that the man on the dirt bike was traveling at a high rate of speed east on Governor and a 66-year-old woman was driving. the SUV west on Governor when the woman turned left onto Erlanger in front of the dirt bike, Officer Robert Heims said.

The bike and Lexus collided and the man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Heims said.

Police said alcohol was not a factor in the fatal crash.

The department’s Traffic Division is investigating this collision and anyone with related information is asked to call 858-495-7800 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

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