On man is dead Sunday following a fatal traffic collision in the Mission Viejo area Saturday.

Just before 11:15 p.m. at least one vehicle crashed along the northbound San Diego (5) Freeway at Oso Parkway, a California Highway Patrol Orange County Communications Center employee confirmed.

Nicholas Horton, 34, was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:30 p.m., according to Inez Chavez of the Orange County Coroner Division of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

A motorcyclist had been reported down in the center divider with multiple vehicles stopping to render assistance, the CHP said.

A SigAlert was issued, shutting down four lanes of the freeway.

Details of the crash are still under investigation.

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