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An ambulance in San Diego. Photo by Megan Wood for inewsource

A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday morning in a collision with a car near while merging onto Pacific Highway near Little Italy.

The crash, involving a motorcycle and a Toyota sedan, was reported around 4:50 a.m. near the offramp from northbound Interstate 5 to Pacific Highway, San Diego Police Sgt. Michael Stirk said.

The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, Stirk said.

No details about the victim or the sedan driver were immediately available

Detectives from the San Diego Police Department’s traffic division were investigating the circumstances leading up to the crash.

— City News Service

Chris Jennewein is founder and senior editor of Times of San Diego.