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Encinitas Fire Department responded to a fatal collision involving a motorcyclist.
Encinitas Fire Department responded to a fatal collision involving a motorcyclist. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram
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Motorcyclist killed in Encinitas collision

ENCINITAS — A man riding a motorcycle was killed Thursday in a collision in Encinitas.

Deputies from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s North Coastal Station responded at 3:49 p.m. to a call regarding a traffic collision involving a motorcyclist in the area of North Coast Highway 101 and Grandview Street, said Deputy Ken Belzer.

Encinitas Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene and attempted life-saving measures but the motorcyclist died at the scene from his injuries.

There were no other injuries in the collision and drugs or alcohol do not appear to be a factor in the cause of the collision, Belzer said.

Anyone with information about this collision is asked to call the North Coastal Station’s Traffic Division at 760-966-3500.

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