Motorcycle rider killed after two hit and runs in Lemon Grove
Oct 01, 2024
A 47-year-old motorcycle rider was killed after he was struck by two cars that then drove away on a Lemon Grove highway Monday morning, according to a California Highway Patrol official.
The first collision was reported around 12:25 a.m. on eastbound state Route 94 near College Avenue, Officer Jared Grieshaber said in a news release.
John Nealis of El Cajon was riding a Triumph motorcycle when a dark-colored sedan — driving at a high rate of speed — hit the motorcycle from behind, according to Grieshaber and the medical examiner’s office. Nealis was ejected into lanes of traffic.
Grieshaber said the rider was then struck by a gray, four-door sedan.
Both drivers fled the scene before officers arrived, officials said.
Nealis died at the scene.