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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Fatality Pool Station
ON JULY 24, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 0640 HOURS, MCPHEE WAS STOPPED IN VEHICLE (CHEVY) AT THE END OF HIS DRIVEWAY, PREPARING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO POOL STATION RD. THEIN WAS DRIVING HIS VEHICLE (SUZUKI), ON POOL STATION RD. S/B SOUTH OF ONETO RANCH, AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. MCPHEE STATED THAT HE WAS STOPPED, WITH WINDOWS DOWN, LOOKED BOTH WAYS, AND DID NOT HEAR OR OBSERVE ANY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. MCPHEE THEN PROCEEDED TO TURN LEFT ONTO N/B POOL STATION RD., WHEN HE SUDDENLY OBSERVED THEIN COMING S/B, OVER THE CREST OF A HILL, AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THEIN APPLIED THE BRAKES SHARPLY AND SKIDDED INTO LEFT FRONT CORNER OF THE CHEVY PICK UP. THEIN SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS COLLISION AND WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE.