Briefly in the news

Deepa Bharath

The Orange County Coroner has identified the 22-year-old man who was

killed in a motorcycle crash on Ortega Highway Monday morning as Joseph

Harveston of Costa Mesa.

California Highway Patrol officers had found a DMV permit on him

Monday, but they were unsure Monday if it belonged to him. Harveston’s

identification was withheld Monday pending notification to next of kin.

Witnesses who saw the crash said Harveston was riding his 1993 Suzuki

at 70 miles an hour and that he was swaying side to side and accelerating

as if he were testing the motorcycle. Harveston reportedly lost control

of the vehicle and hit a guard rail on the freeway. Officials said he

died immediately.