Crime & Safety

Murrieta Man Dies After Crashing Into Fence

The coroner's office Saturday named a man who crashed his pickup truck into a fence in Menifee and later died.

Klaus Weis, 68, of Murrieta, drifted off a roadway Friday and crashed at the intersection of Briggs Road and Marino Drive, prompting a call for help at about 1:30 p.m.. He was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center in Murrieta where he died at 2:09 p.m., the coroner's office reported.

No cause of death was immediately reported. Weis showed no outward signs of trauma after the crash, the coroner's office reported.

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