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Motorcyclist in collision 10 days ago dies

A motorcyclist involved in a high-speed collision July 1 on Fairview Road has died after 10 days in the hospital in a medically induced coma, authorities said Wednesday. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday.

Wesley Estes of Garden Grove was pronounced dead at 5:03 p.m. Tuesday at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana. He was 34.

Estes had exited the 405 freeway and was on his way to church, heading down Fairview when the driver of a white Dodge Caravan pulled out in front of him at Belfast Avenue, police said.

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He was unable to slow down before broadsiding the van, sending him through another vehicle, which then rolled on top of him, Costa Mesa police said. The van’s driver was not seriously injured, police said.

Funeral services for Estes have not yet been confirmed.

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