Motorcyclist killed in crash near Sage

A motorcyclist was killed Saturday morning in a collision with a pickup truck pulling a trailer through a rural intersection several miles southeast of Hemet, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said. According to CHP Officer Mike Lassig, around 7:40 a.m., an 84-year-old man was driving a 2001 Dodge Ram with a utility trailer north on Red Mountain Road and beginning to turn left onto Cougar Road, a dirt road near the community of Sage, at a speed of about 5 mph. While the man was making the turn, a 32-year-old man on a 2020 KTM Adventurer motorcycle was heading the opposite direction on Red Mountain Road, and came around a curve just as the Ram and trailer pulled into his path. Lassig said due to the motorcyclist’s speed, he was unable to stop in time and suffered major injuri