August 26, 2011 Off-duty San Diego police officer killed in motorcycle crash www.privateofficer.com
San Diego CA Aug 26 2011 An off-duty San Diego police officer died in a motorcycle accident in Palm City near Nestor.
The officer, identified by a San Diego police spokesperson as 26-year-old Christopher Blakeley, was killed while riding his motorcycle Wednesday night.
San Diego and Chula Vista police got the call around 9:40 p.m. that Blakeley’s motorcycle collided with a truck at Hollister and Main Streets.
Witnesses reported the motorcycle was going very fast just prior to hitting the truck and flipping it over according to Sgt. Ron Glass.
“The motorcyclist was eastbound, possibly ran a red light, struck the black pickup truck that was westbound striking the driver’s side of the vehicle,” Glass said.
The man and the woman inside the truck suffered minor injuries.
Blakeley, a three-year veteran of the department had been assigned to the Southeastern Division since November 2008 according to an SDPD news release.
A woman who identified herself as Blakeley’s mother, expressed her grief on Facebook and posted several items on her page.
She said Christopher was her first born child and that she had once told him the bike would be the end of him.
“There is so much more good Chris could have done in this world, I’d gladly give my life for his,” Pepper Blakeley posted on her Facebook page. “He should be here in this world making a difference.”
“My son was a good man kind,caring,giving,served his country, loved his family, and was a good police officer,” she continued.” It’s just NOT FAIR!!!!!”
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