A 25-year-old man was riding a Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle southbound on Red Hill Avenue this morning died at 6:45 a.m. when he slammed into the back of a street sweeper, according to the O.C. Register.
The victim has been identified as Mateus Castro. He was ejected from his motorcycle when he crashed into the street sweeper, near the 2800 block of Red Hill, according to the SAPD.
According to his girlfriend, Kenia Plazola, Castro was riding her motorcyle because the brake lights on his own motorcycle were not working and his license plate had broken off. Continue reading