Two Marines Die in Separate Traffic Accidents
Two Camp Pendleton Marines were fatally injured within minutes of each other in two separate accidents Sunday when one crashed his compact car into a utility pole in Westchester and the second lost control of his motorcycle in San Diego, police said.
About 1:20 a.m., Daniel Helgerson, 21, lost control of his car and clipped a fence before slamming head-on into a utility pole at Lincoln and Jefferson boulevards in Westchester. Police said Helgerson was pronounced dead at the scene.
About 20 minutes earlier, a 25-year-old Marine motorcyclist had veered into a guardrail as he merged from California 163 to Interstate 5 near downtown San Diego. His name has not been released pending notification of relatives.
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