{"id":14035,"date":"2020-02-26T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/26\/miramar-marine-corps-sergeant-killed-in-single-vehicle-accident\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:15:34","slug":"miramar-marine-corps-sergeant-killed-in-single-vehicle-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/02\/26\/miramar-marine-corps-sergeant-killed-in-single-vehicle-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Miramar Marine Corps sergeant killed in motorcycle accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marine Sgt. Carlos M. Mota was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/12\/06\/the-no-1-killer-of-mishap-killer-of-marines-this-year-car-and-motorcycle-accidents\/\" target=_blank>killed in a motorcycle accident<\/a> Saturday, the Marine Corps has confirmed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mota, 26, from Paulding, Georgia, was an F\/A-18 aircraft electrical systems technician assigned to VMFA-323, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine was involved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/10\/28\/marine-sergeant-dies-in-off-duty-motorcycle-accident-on-24th-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\">in a motorcycle accident<\/a> around 1 a.m. on Saturday, 1st Lt. Fredrick Walker, a spokesman for the 3rd Marine Air Wing, told Marine Corps Times in an email. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/marine-corps-times\/2019\/10\/17\/marine-killed-on-highway-after-stopping-for-a-previous-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\">cause of the accident <\/a>is still not known, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mota joined the Corps in 2012 and went on multiple overseas deployments. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/10\/28\/marine-sergeant-dies-in-off-duty-motorcycle-accident-on-24th-birthday\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OK6MKUUMVZGYXMYA6BLCXE6YTM.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Marine sergeant dies on 24th birthday following injuries from off-duty motorcycle accident<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Marine Sgt. Matthew Lowenthal died Oct. 15, on his 24th birthday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His medals include the National Defense Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Korean Defense Medal, and the Armed Forces Service Medal, Walker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe join the Mota family and the Marines and Sailors of VMFA-323 in mourning the loss of Sgt. Mota. We wish them comfort as they navigate the difficult days ahead and are here to support them in any way we can,\u201d Lt. Col. William Mitchell, the commander for VMFA-323, told Marine Corps Times in a written statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sgt. Carlos M. 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