{"id":280756,"date":"2026-04-22T19:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/280756\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:59:13","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-in-semi-truck-crash-near-ocotillo-wells-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/280756\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed in semi truck crash near Ocotillo Wells \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A motorcyclist was struck and killed by a semi truck near Ocotillo Wells in rural East County on Saturday morning, California Highway Patrol said.<\/p>\n<p>The truck driver, a 35-year-old man from El Centro, was going west on state Route 78 at 10:15 a.m. when it veered into eastbound traffic and struck the 67-year-old motorcyclist.<\/p>\n<p>The truck swerved off the road and struck a rock, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcyclist died at the scene, said CHP Capt. Michael Monteagudo.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Freightliner sustained minor injuries, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Though the investigation is ongoing, the CHP said it has ruled out drugs and alcohol as factors in the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A motorcyclist was struck and killed by a semi truck near Ocotillo Wells in rural East County on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,138,3053,181,23,100,74,84,76,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-280756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","10":"tag-east-county","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-local-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-san-diego","15":"tag-san-diego-county","16":"tag-san-diego-headlines","17":"tag-san-diego-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}