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A 28-year-old Morgan Hill motorcyclist died after colliding with at least three other vehicles in a traffic accident on U.S. 101 Sunday, according to police. Authorities are still looking for the third vehicle — a mid-200s era tan SUV — which might have run over the motorcycle rider, but did not stop at the scene of the accident, according to a press release from California Highway Patrol Officer Herb Kellogg. Julio Rodriguez was riding a 2012 Suzuki motorcycle northbound at an “undetermined speed” on the freeway, just north of the East Middle Avenue overpass, when he collided with at least two other vehicles about 6:05 p.m., Kellogg said. According to police reports, Rodriguez first collided with a Nissan Titan while the motorcycle was changing lanes. Rodriguez then lost control of the motorcycle and crashed into a GMC Sierra. He was ejected from the motorcycle and “tumbled” onto the roadway while the motorcycle traveled onto the shoulder of the freeway, Kellogg said. Rodriguez was then possibly struck by the unidentified tan SUV, which continued northbound on U.S. 101 without stopping. The driver of the mid-200s tan SUV is described as a “Hispanic male adult, possibly between the ages of 35 and 40, heavy set with a tattoo on his left forearm,” according to the press release. Rodriguez was pronounced dead at the scene when paramedics arrived, police said. Two northbound lanes on U.S. 101 were closed for more than two hours following the accident while police investigated the scene, according to Kellogg. No citations or arrests were issued at the scene of the accident, Kellogg added. 

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