EAST COUNTY: The body of a 48-year-old man, who apparently died in a motorcycle accident, was discovered yesterday morning by a semi-truck driver on a rural road east of Live Oak Springs.

Bernardino Rios Ceballos Jr. was riding a 2004 Honda XR650R on Church Road, near the Campo Indian Reservation, when he apparently lost control, left the road and was thrown from the motorcycle, authorities said.

The accident occurred sometime either Monday or early yesterday.

The driver found Ceballos' body, with the motorcycle nearby, about 6 a.m. –J.L.J.