SANTA YSABEL, Calif. -- A U.S. Navy sailor who lost control of his motorcycle and struck and a tree along Highway 78 in Santa Ysabel over the weekend has died in a hospital, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.

The 21-year-old sailor crashed just east of Inaja Memorial Park around 3:20 p.m. Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol and the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

The man was airlifted to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, where he died shortly before 7 p.m., the Medical Examiner reported.

Coroner officials described the victim as a single man who lived in Escondido and served as a petty officer aboard the USS Higgins, a destroyer. His name was not immediately released.