Motorcycle Accidents

Motorcycle accident on I-80 results in fatality

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...
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Ceres man killed in motorcycle accident

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...
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Motorcycle accident kills off-duty cop in Corona

An off-duty police officer in California was killed while he was riding his motorcycle on May 1 on Highway 91 in Corona. The motorcycle accident occurred when a sedan clipped the man's Harley-Davidson while changing lanes on that road. The 30-year-old victim had been with the San Bernadino Police Department for eight years, and he became a motorcycle officer just a few months ago. Coworkers and supervisors explained that the man had been riding civilian...
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Marine killed in motorcycle accident weeks after return from war

A California man has been arrested in a drunk driving accident that left a U.S. Marine dead. The victim, a 23-year-old man from Union City, had reportedly returned from Afghanistan just weeks before the March 25 motorcycle accident. He was thrown from his motorcycle by a motorist who was reportedly attempting to flee from police officers. Authorities say that the incident occurred at about 1:10 a.m., as the driver of a blue Mini Cooper was...
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California motorcycle hit-and-run case affected by alcohol test

Vehicular accidents can be complex. There may be damage to the vehicles involved, and maybe to surrounding property, as well as injuries to those in the vehicles and also to pedestrians. The fault for many cases can seem clear, while in other cases it gets complicated. The latter is true in a motorcycle accident case in California. A firefighter, 43, was driving the fire truck when he hit a motorcyclist, 49. The accident occurred last...
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