Authorities release name of Murrieta man killed in I-15 accident

PALA MESA – Authorities today released the name of the 59-year-old Murrieta man who died when he was thrown from his motorcycle in a collision on Interstate 15 near Fallbrook.

Wayne Wyant died just before 4 p.m. Monday (Sept. 11) in an ambulance on the way to a hospital, according the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. He died of multiple blunt force injuries.

The deadly crash, which sparked a chain-reaction pileup, occurred about 3:40 p.m. on northbound Interstate 15, just north of state Route 76 in the Pala Mesa area, California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Latulippe said.

Wyant was...