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Motorcyclist dies in west valley crash

Updated Wednesday, July 27, 2016 | 9:11 p.m.

A motorcyclist died in a west valley crash Wednesday afternoon in what Metro Police said could have followed a medical episode.

Officers were called at about 3:15 p.m. to Sahara Avenue and Torrey Pines Road. The motorcyclist, described as a 58-year-old French woman, was taken to University Medical Center, where she later died, police said.

The rider was on an Indian Scout motorcycle and heading west on Sahara when the bike began to "wobble," veering to the right, hitting a curb, going on the sidewalk, and hitting a sign, police said.

The woman was thrown while the motorcycle kept going and hit a pickup truck in the parking lot, police said.

The woman's death remains under investigation.

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