Motorcyclist Killed In Crash With Pickup In Carlsbad Identified

CARLSBAD, CA – Authorities Wednesday identified a 21-year-old man who was fatally injured when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck along the Carlsbad coastline.

Jean Jacques Zepeda of San Marcos was riding a motorcycle northbound on Carlsbad Boulevard at about 4:35 p.m. Sunday when, for unknown reasons, he struck a Toyota pickup traveling south in the 4600 block of Carlsbad Boulevard, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office and Carlsbad police.

Zepeda, who was wearing a helmet, was ejected from his motorcycle, the Medical Examiner's Office said in a statement.

Both the motorcycle and the pickup sustained extensive damage in the crash, Carlsbad police Lt. Christie Calderwood said. It was unclear if the 38- year-old man driving the pickup suffered any injuries.

Paramedics arrived at the scene and took Zepeda in an ambulance headed for Tri-City Medical Center, but he was pronounced dead on the way to the Oceanside hospital, the Medical Examiner's Office said.

Zepeda was initially identified Sunday by Carlsbad police as a 19-year-old man, but the Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday that he was 21 years old.

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