An early Tuesday morning traffic accident claimed a life.

According to the California Highway Patrol, at about 5:38 a.m. Tuesday morning, a motorcycle rider collided with a pickup truck on Dogwood Road just south of Fawcett Road.  The pickup truck was northbound on Dogwood Road at an estimated 5 miles per hour and began to turn left onto a dirt road. The motorcycle rider was also northbound and attempted to overtake the pickup. The vehicles collided and the motorcycle rider, a 30-year-old man, was ejected from the bike and suffered fatal injuries. The 34-year-old man driving the pickup was not injured. The accident remains under investigation.