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   SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A 27-year-old local motorcyclist died   
   Monday after colliding with the back of a car when failing to   
   split freeway lanes, officials said.   
      
   Daniel Amezcua, of San Clemente, was going more than 100 mph   
   around 8:15 p.m. Sunday while driving a modified Suzki   
   motorcycle northbound on the I-5, passing Stonehill Drive before   
   he attempted to dodge slower traffic in the fast lane, according   
   to the California Highway Patrol.   
      
   CHP officials said that as Amezcua veered left to avoid the slow   
   cars, splitting lanes between the fast and carpool lanes, he   
   shifted right because of his fast speed, and he collided with   
   the rear of a 2012 Kia Sorrento driven by Jenna Rae Schake, a 29-   
   year-old Pennsylvania woman.   
      
   The collision caused Amezcua to be thrown from the motorcycle   
   onto the nearby roadway.   
      
   “An off-duty EMT, a physician and a lifeguard encountered the   
   aftermath of this collision and provided medical care,”   
   according to a CHP release.   
      
   Amezcua was taken to Mission Hospital where he later died from   
   his injuries at 8:26 p.m. Monday, according to the coroner’s   
   office.   
      
   Officials said Schake, who was driving the Kia Sorrento within   
   the speed limit, was not injured in the collision and was not   
   arrested or cited.   
      
   In May, California state Assembly approved a bill that prepared   
   to legalize lane splitting. Motorcyclists would be allowed to   
   drive between vehicles at 15 mph faster than surrounding   
   traffic, up to a speed of 50 mph.   
      
   It would be the first state to formally legalize the driving   
   manuever, although it’s already a widely accepted driving   
   manuever in California.   
      
   Conversation on both side of the issue has caused the bill to be   
   delayed until 2016.   
      
   UC Berkeley transportation researchers analyzing the issue found   
   that lane splitting does not necessarily pose a greater risk for   
   injury, as long as motorcyclists do not exceed 15 mph more than   
   the surrounding cars.   
      
   However, 70 percent of lane-splitters said they exceed that   
   speed, according to the California Enhanced Motorcycle Collision   
   Data Project performed by the CHP.   
      
   http://www.ocregister.com/articles/lanes-674235-amezcua-   
   officials.html   
      
        
      
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