Courtesy Ventura City Fire Department

Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at a four-unit residence in the 200 block of S. Kalorama Street early this morning.

Police and Fire: The Port Hueneme man who was critically injured when he crashed his motorcycle into a car in Oxnard Monday night died this morning, authorities said.

Ronnie Maria, 28, was pronounced dead at 2:14 a.m. at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, said Shasta Gainer, a deputy Ventura County medical examiner.

Maria was riding his motorcycle eastbound on Gonzales Road at high speed about 7:27 p.m. Monday when he crashed into the side of a car driven by Vuong Tran, 51, of Oxnard, according to a prepared statement from the Oxnard Police Department. Tran was making a left-hand turn from Gonzales Road westbound onto Sonata Drive when the crash occurred.

The impact of the crash threw Maria from his motorcycle, police said. Emergency responders found him lying in the bushes on the south side of Gonzales Road.

Maria was transported to St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard with serious internal injuries and numerous broken bones, police said. Tran was not injured.

The investigation into the crash is continuing.

Oxnard police are asking anyone who witnessed the collision to call the traffic investigator, Senior Officer Maria Peña, at 385-7750.

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Faulty electrical wiring in a doorbell caused a fire that damaged a Ventura residence early this morning, authorities said.

Ventura City firefighters extinguished the fire about 10 minutes after it was reported in a four-unit complex in 200 block of S. Kalorama Street at 2:17 a.m., according to a prepared statement from the Ventura City Fire Department.

Smoke detectors alerted the three people who were in the building when the fire began, said Battalion Chief Don McPherson of the Ventura City Fire Department. The residents were able to get out of the building without assistance. No injuries were reported.

The fire caused an estimated $4,000 in damage to the building, according to the fire department.

Less than two weeks after a fire of unknown cause injured two men and caused an estimated $400,000 in damage to a home on Drexel Avenue in Ventura, McPherson said the results of this fire illustrates the importance of having working smoke detectors.

Smoke detectors in the home on Drexel had been disabled.

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Traffic: At 6:49 a.m., the California Highway Patrol was reporting a pedestrian stumbling near the center divider of Highway 101 southbound just south of Rancho Road in Thousand Oaks.

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Weather: Sunny weather is expected this morning, but clouds are predicted to roll in this afternoon, the National Weather Service reported.

Weather service forecasters predict high temperatures in the 60s and 70s inland and in the 60s on the coast.