Desert Hot Springs mother asks questions and mourns son killed in motorcycle crash

Nellie Gossling and her son Christopher visited the site on Yerxa Road in Desert Hot Springs, where Gossling's other son, 27-year-old Nathan Kolander died in a motorcycle crash.

"I love him so much. You know he was my baby boy. I just miss him. I wish I could have him.  But I know I'll see him again someday," said Gossling.

On a table at their home, just a few blocks from the accident scene are photos of Nathan with his family.  

Also there was a memorial card, the helmet that came off Nathan's head during the crash, and one of his tennis shoes.  The family couldn't find the other shoe at the scene. 

"It doesn't add up for me, and so mother's intuition you can call it.  I believe that something did happen to him and I don't believe he was alone," said Gossling. 

The crash happened around 9:30 in the morning on February 25th. 

Believing it was a hit and run, Gossling point to a photo taken at the scene which she says show a bloody tire track.  

She also says she received a second hand report of a man driving a blue pickup truck standing at the scene and leaving before emergency crews arrived. 

Gossling says Nathan took the motorcycle to Yerxa Road to practice riding the street bike, as he was set for a rider's test the following day at the DMV. 

The mother says her son's previous experience riding motorcycles was riding a dirt bike for three years. 

"You know the past couple of years have been good.  I've spent a lot of time with him.  But I owe him 15 bucks and get that to him," said Nathan's younger brother Christopher. 

A CHP officer investigated the crash.

On Friday, a spokesperson for the agency told us that hit and run was "ruled out based on the investigation of the collision" and said they had not received any reports of a driver in a blue pick up truck at the scene. 

"Something happened back there and there seems to be nobody that saw or heard anything," said Gossling. 

Gossling hopes that any surveillance footage which may have been captured by cameras on nearby mobile homes might help provide clarity on what happened. 

News Channel 3 will keep you updated if and when there are new developments in the investigation.