Motorcycle Accidents

A motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a vehicle in Vista on Oct. 20, the California Highway Patrol reported. The fatal collision happened at the intersection of Huchinson Street and East Vista Way. That is where a 34-year-old man in a 2003 Ford Taurus came to a halt at a stop sign at approximately 6:15 p.m., according to CHP. As the man attempted to make a left turn onto East Vista Way, his Taurus...

A 27-year-old California man is trying to rebuild his life after an accident last month near a state park in Felton. The motorcyclist suffered a severely damaged leg in the crash. The accident happened at about 6:40 p.m. when the driver of a Mazda pickup turned left on Highway 9 in front of the man's Honda Rebel motorcycle. The impact threw the motorcyclist over the roadside guardrail, severely injuring his leg. He was taken by...

On Sept. 6, a Southern California police officer was killed in a traffic accident in Torrance, authorities reported. The police officer, an 18-month veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, was not on duty at the time of the fatal crash. The officer had been driving a personal motorcycle, a Yamaha R6, south on Western Avenue when he collided with a Kia Optima at the 234th Street intersection, according to authorities. The driver of the...

California roads are some of the busiest in the country. Some have described the roads as a concrete jungle of overpasses and underpasses. With the sheer volume of traffic that is on them every day of the year, it is inevitable that some collisions occur. This can be particularly problematic if the respective weights of the vehicles colliding have a significant disparity, with one being much heavier and one being much lighter. This held true...

A 43-year-old Ceres man lost his life last month while riding his 2006 Harley Davidson near Westley. The fatal motorcycle accident occurred on a Wednesday afternoon at approximately 2:15 p.m. The California Highway Patrol reported that a 27-year-old Patterson man was northbound on Hwy. 33 in a 2012 Ford F-150 pickup truck and tried to turn left onto Frank Cox Road. The motorcyclist was headed southbound when the truck turned in front of him. He...