CYCLIST ID’D 9/25/12 9:00a DMF

A MAN INVOLVED IN THE TUESDAY NIGHT MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT THAT KILLED ONE, AND LEFT ANOTHER IN INTENSIVE CARE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. 29 YEAR OLD JASON WHEELUS OF SALINAS WAS SPEEDING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND ON THE BACK OF HIS BIKE AT EISENHOWER AND VAN BUREN IN SALINAS, AND AT APPROXIMATELY 7:15 P.M ON SEPTEMBER 18th WHEELUS LOST CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKED PICKUP TRUCK. WHEELUS WAS DECLARED DEAD BY DOCTORS AT NATIVIDAD MEDICAL HOSPITAL, AND HIS 24 YEAR OLD GIRLFRIEND MELISSA WILLIAMS SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED IN A CALSTAR HELICOPTER TO A BAY AREA TRAUMA CENTER. WILLIAMS WAS IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING.