Man Killed In Oceanside Motorcycle Crash

A Vista man who was killed in a motorcycle crash in Oceanside was identified by the Medical Examiner's office on Sunday.

Kristopher Allen Murray, 26, was riding a newer-model Yamaha R1 motorcycle at a high rate of speed south on North Santa Fe Drive approaching Darwin Road at about 2:20 a.m. Saturday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

Murray struck the rear driver side of a Honda minivan which was making a legal left turn from Darwin Road onto northbound North Santa Fe Drive, the Medical Examiner's Office reported.

The motorcyclist was ejected into center of the roadway and emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene, the Medical Examiner's Office reported.Oceanside police were investigating the crash.