EL CAJON (CNS) - An eastern San Diego-area traffic crash killed a 41-year-old motorcyclist over the weekend, injured a girl riding with him and left a motorist under arrest on suspicion of DUI, authorities reported Monday.
The fatal collision occurred shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday, when the driver of an eastbound 2004 Chevrolet Suburban made a left turn directly in the path of an oncoming motorcycle on East Main Street at Shady Lane in El Cajon, according to police.
The resulting collision left the motorcyclist dead at the scene. His name was withheld pending family notification.
Paramedics took the child who had been riding on the two-wheeler with the man to Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. She was expected to survive, El Cajon police Lt. Darrin Forster said.
Authorities did not disclose the relationship between the motorcyclist and the girl.
Investigators found evidence leading them to believe that the 37-year-old driver of the SUV was under the influence of an undisclosed type of drug at the time of the crash, according to police. The woman, whose name was not released, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and booked into Las Colinas woman's jail in Santee, Forster said.
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