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Motorcyclist Dies in Highway 101 Crash

Riverside County resident David Irwin, 27, suffered internal injuries after colliding with two trucks.

[Update, Wednesday, 10:55 a.m.]: David Joseph Irwin is the victim's name, according to a CHP release.

[Original Story]: A 27-year-old man from Riverside County died Monday after his Yamaha motorcycle collided with a Chevrolet truck and a big rig on southbound Highway 101 just south of Cabrillo Boulevard. A resident of the City of Norco, the man’s name has not yet been released pending notification of his next of kin.

The crash, which occurred at approximately 3:20 p.m., shut down the highway’s first and second lanes for about one-and-a-half hours, said California Highway Patrol (CHP) spokesperson Jonathan Gutierrez in a prepared statement. Details about how the crash took place weren’t released beyond the CHP’s statement that the three-vehicle collision involved the 2015 Yamaha, a 2007 Chevrolet truck driven by a 56-year-old man from Long Beach, and a 2013 Kenworth box truck driven by a 36-year-old man from Visalia.