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Motorcyclist killed in crash in Nipomo, truck driver charged

September 24, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

A 37-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a green pickup truck in Nipomo on Tuesday afternoon. The truck driver who fled the scene is in jail.

Shortly after 4 p.m., Genaro CortezBeltran, 36, was driving his truck southbound on Hutton Road in heavy traffic when he attempted to make a U-turn. Levi Lopez was headed northbound on his Harley Davidson Road King when he crashed into the truck making the U-turn.

Lopez, a Nipomo resident, died at the scene.

CortezBeltran of Bakersfield and his passenger fled following the crash. A CHP officer witnessed the crash and was able to detain CortezBeltran and his passenger. Neither drugs nor alcohol appear to be factors in the crash.

Officers booked CortezBeltran in the San Luis Obispo County Jail on charges of hit-and-run resulting in death, vehicular manslaughter, possession of a switchblade knife, possession of a controlled substance, warrant for failure to appear and for not disclosing identification.

 


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The comments on this article where somebody tragically lost their life are unbelievable. I don’t think the family is blaming politicians for this rather the hit and run driver.


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Did this green pickup have the name of a business with a bad reputation on it?


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Won’t show identification? Thank you Biden and HARRIS for our open borders.


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Just a few words is all it takes to trigger the MAGAts.


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Trump killed the bipartisan border bill to benefit only himself, and still you echo these ludicrous assertions.


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No. The bill was killed because it was more smoke and mirrors by Biden/Harris in an attempt to make it appear as though all of a sudden they cared about the border crisis.

Typical election year nonsense and lies from the party that has ripped this nation apart.


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The blatent idiocy continues…


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“Typical election year nonsense and lies from the party that has ripped this nation apart.”


Nonsense is right, who in there right mind believes anything the trump camp puts out?


America gop, it’s always projection.


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Odd that you would say that, given that it was the most comprehensive bill ever attempted, contained EVERYTHING the GOP REPS requested, and had the enthusiastic approval of all agencies having to do with border and national security. But tell yourself whatever you need to make yourself feel better about votes that go against our best interests, in favor of a cult. Pretty obvious what really happened.


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Whats ludicrous is claiming for the last 4 years that the border is secure while 16 million illegal aliens have invaded this country.


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Interestingly, those numbers only agree with a certain red hat candidate. You must know who I’m talking about – the guy with the fake “university” for which he was sued, the seven bankruptcies, all the judgements against him. You know the one, with the rep for stiffing contractors, now being sued for lying and knowing it about the Haitians eating pets at the top of his lungs.


What they do not match is any official count by any entity officially charged with knowing the actual numbers. But I’m sure it makes you feel better about voting for someone who is so obviously deeply flawed and self-centered, who is inescapably obviously the one “ripping us apart”, whilst being a felon, adjudicated rapist, insurrectionist, etc., etc. One thing he always omits, is the fact that crime among immigrants, of any status, in this country is only 1/3 what it is per capita among natural born citizens.


Currently, border crossings are at a low. That is from the actual agencies responsible for security and oversight. But I’m sure it is better to trust the news outlets proven in court to tell outright lies for money. Because that makes so much sense…..


Go ahead and vote me “down”. Happens every time the facts get in the way of what you want to believe.


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Crossing the border illegally is a crime, that is a fact.


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You can’t spell hatred without a ‘red hat’.


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