A 15-year-old Cunu­pia boy is the coun­try’s lat­est road fa­tal­i­ty af­ter he was struck and killed by a car while rid­ing his fa­ther’s mo­tor­cy­cle yes­ter­day morn­ing.

Po­lice said Idris Ho­sein was rid­ing his fa­ther’s Yama­ha FZ1 mo­tor­bike on the west­bound lane of the Churchill-Roo­sevelt High­way, El So­cor­ro, around 11 am when the back left door of a Nis­san Ti­i­da col­lid­ed with him as the car tried to switch lanes.

Ho­sein was thrown from the ve­hi­cle and rolled some dis­tance away near Lifestyle Mo­tors.

The teen was de­clared Ho­sein dead at the scene.

Po­lice sources con­firmed that Ho­sein’s fa­ther was called to the scene and iden­ti­fied his son’s body. —Shane Su­perville