A motorcyclist was killed near Balboa Park early Saturday after losing control of his bike and being hit by several passing vehicles that didn’t stop, authorities said.

Joshua Alan Rios, 25, was transitioning from southbound state Route 163 to southbound Interstate 5 about 1 a.m. at unsafe speeds when he lost control and struck a guard rail, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office and highway patrol officials. He skid down the ramp and then was ejected into the roadway, where he was struck by multiple vehicles whose drivers didn’t stop, the California Highway Patrol said.

A passer-by saw his motorcycle in the road and called 911, the medical examiner said.

Rios, who lived in San Diego with his family, died at the scene.


CHP investigators are working to find the motorists who struck Rios but did not stop.