A motorcyclist who was splitting lanes on the freeway in La Mesa collided with two cars and later died of his injuries on Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol said.

The rider was identified as 31-year-old Everett Burgess of Lemon Grove.

He was driving between lanes of cars going north on state Route 125, north of Spring Street in La Mesa, around 7:20 a.m., CHP Officer Travis Garrow said.

Traffic was stop-and-go but the motorcyclist was speeding through it on a 2013 Suzuki GW250, Garrow said.


Burgess sideswiped the left side of a Dodge Challenger that was going about 5 mph, then hit the back of a Toyota Corolla that was going even slower in the fast lane. The impact knocked Burgess off his motorcycle and he landed on the freeway, suffering major injuries. He later died at a hospital.

The other two drivers, a 46-year-old Coronado man in the Challenger and a 39-year-old El Cajon man in the Corolla, were not injured.

