Rick Kagamaster, 63, of Irvine, has been killed after a big-rig ran a stop sign and collided with his motorcycle in the San Bernardino Mountains, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol said that Kagamaster was riding his Honda Goldwing motorcycle east on the 18 freeway in Running Springs when a 2006 Freightliner traveling south on All View Drive ran a stop sign. Kagamaster was unable to avoid the Freightliner and struck the right side; the right rear wheels then ran him over. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the big-rig — Oscar Eduardo Garcia, 20, of Montclair — has been charged with felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
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