Crime & Safety
Motorcyclist Who Collided with Santee Trolley Pleads Not Guilty to Evading Police
Francisco Rogelio Roblero, 38, was reportedly trying to outrace a sheriff's deputy.
A motorcyclist who collided with a trolley in Santee while allegedly trying to outrace a sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty today to a charge of evading police with reckless driving.
Francisco Rogelio Roblero, 38, of Whittier, was admitted into the hospital following last Saturday's crash, then later booked into the San Diego County Jail.
Deputies tried to pull over Roblero on westbound Mission Gorge Road for a traffic violation around 5 p.m. Saturday, sheriff's Sgt. Dave Martinez said.
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"(He) sped away, and then crashed into a SDMTS (San Diego Metropolitan Trolley System) Trolley on the green line at the intersection of Mission Gorge Road and Cuyamaca Street," Martinez said.
No one else was injured.
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Roblero faces three years in prison if convicted.
—City News Service
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