A 29-year-old motorcyclist from Murrieta was killed because he drove a Suzuki Samurai motorcycle into the back of a stopped car on Route 74, the Ortega Highway, in Rancho Santa Margarita, the Orange County Coroner’s Office said today.
The motorcyclist was identified as Travis Tucker, according to the coroner.
The crash on the westbound highway, about 14 miles east of Interstate 5, was at 12:18 p.m. Saturday, according to a department statement. Tucker’s motorcycle hit the rear of a 2006 Honda Element that had stopped in heavy traffic on the mountain road.
The Honda’s driver, a 54-year- old Capistrano Beach woman, was not hurt or cited, CHP officers said.
Paramedics rushed Tucker to Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center in Mission Viejo, where he was pronounced dead at 3:03 p.m. Saturday.
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You guys got the story wrong. The lady wasn’t stopped just do to heavy traffic. She was stopped do to a previous accident and the Chp wasn’t doing their job right by putting road flares and flagging people down. You guys need to stop trying to protect the chp. Get your damn story right.
This horrific tragedy might have been avoided should oncoming commuters been given the warning of the accident ahead. With so many blind turns, flagging should have been made a priority. Because is was not, a young, former marine, loyal friend, loving husband and father of two young children is now dead. He was deeply loved and will be just as deeply missed.
I drove to the beach from Murieta and stopped abruptly at the accident site and KNEW someone else behind me was going to crash because there was NO time to stop and NOBODY flagging traffic in either direction.
That dude did not have to die that day……..
Tragically, authorities seem to want to blame speed when a motorcycle is involved ! This is an outrage, If you are the last car in a pile up accident…you have an obligation to protect not only yourself but the next motor vehicle especially on such a nasty blind curve to put hazzards on and since CHP was on scene…negligence…of a proper warning falls on the both of you..not all of the witnesses were asked this report had better not be one sided to cover up the truth ! There are many facters …To the one CHP who was by my side admin. Oxygen and to the thin man from the Air Force Thanks!