By Jim Shilander
A motorcyclist from San Clemente was killed following a collision with a semi-truck on northbound Interstate 5 near the Camino de Estrella exit Sunday.
The motorcyclist was identified Monday as 48-year-old Francis Earnest.
A California Highway Patrol preliminary investigation indicated that at approximately 10:48 a.m., Earnest, who was traveling in the second lane from the median, attempted to go to the left, but collided with a Toyota 4Runner, driven by Gilbert Filko of Dana Point, that was occupying the lane. Earnest then veered to the right and collided with the semi-truck driven by Leroy Han of Los Alamitos, which was traveling in the No. 3 lane.
Earnest was ejected from the motorcycle. An Orange County Fire Authority spokesman said Earnest was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. No arrests were made. The accident was cleared at approximately 2:15 p.m. Sunday.