Motorcycle Accidents | InjuryBoard Orange County

A motorcycle accident, on Sunday, left a Lemoore man seriously injured when he was thrown from his motorcycle and landed on a barbed-wire fence, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).The accident happened at 5:15 p.m. at Balch Park Road, according to a report released by California Highway Patrol. The man, 27, was heading south on Balch Park Road when he failed to properly negotiate...

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A woman was killed in a motorcycle accident, Sunday, on Highway 101 in San Jose.The crash occurred at 2:18 p.m. on the southbound lanes of 101 near Highway 85, according to the California Highway Patrol. The accident closed down three of the southbound 101 lanes for over an hour.The woman killed in the accident was a passenger on the motorcycle. The motorcycle and a Toyota pickup truck were...

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A 47-year-old woman was killed in a motorcycle accident, on Sunday, when the motorcycle she was passenger on crossed the double-yellow line on a curve and crashed with another motorcycle head-on, according to California Highway Patrol. The accident occurred when a 43-year-old man driving a 1993 Suzuki Silver, tried to pass slower moving vehicles on Altamont Pass Road, according to a spokesperson...

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A 49-year-old man lost his life Friday night in a fatal motorcycle accident, on Verano Avenue in Sonoma, when he collided with a pickup truck and was thrown from his bike.The man was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 10:15 p.m., according to California Highway Patrol.CHP said, the man was driving his 1977 Honda motorcycle west on Verano when he collided with a 40-year-old man, also...

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A 39-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a motorcycle accident, Sunday on I-405, after he was struck by a car. The man, of Trabuco Canyon, was traveling south on the Freeway I-405, just north of Seal Beach Boulevard when he was cut off by another vehicle. According to witnesses, he lost control of his motorcycle and was killed after being hit by two other vehicles.The accident is being...

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Southbound Interstate 15, past state Route 94 was closed for hours on Monday due to a motorcycle accident that involved a San Diego Motorcycle Officer, authorities said.California Highway Patrol initially reported the officer crashed with a truck. However, a officer with the San Diego Police Department reports the officer laid down his motorcycle for reasons that are still unknown. The officer...

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A motorcyclist was killed after sustaining serious injuries in a motorcycle accident when his bike crashed with a truck on a windy road. The accident occurred at approximately 11a.m. on Wednesday morning..According to California Highway Patrol, the 38-year-old man, was traveling eastbound around a corner at an unsafe speed and lost control of the bike. He then slid into a flat bed truck that was...

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A motorcycle accident involving a pickup truck, Saturday, claimed the life of the cyclist, leaving him dead on the Escondido Freeway, authorities said.The motorcycle crash occurred at 1:37 p.m. on the northbound lanes of the Freeway in the center lane, south of Rancho Penasquitos Boulevard. The accident blocked two lanes of traffic, according to California Highway Patrol.A medical examiner was...

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A 45-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident when he was ejected from his motorcycle on Highway 246, late Friday afternoon.The driver, driving a Yamaha Venture motorcycle, was speeding east just before 6pm when he went lost control of the bike, said California Highway Patrol. The man was ejected and reported as being unconscious in the middle of the road. A report by CHP says the driver...

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A 52-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident, when a car slammed into his motorcycle, east of the Bay Bridge toll place. The accident happened on westbound Interstate 80 around 5am. The biker was traveling to his job in San Francisco.Police found the suspected vehicle, a 1990 black Honda in the toll plaza parking lot, but they have not yet been able to find the driver. When...

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Police still don't know what caused the car accident that killed 17-year-old Kevin Normington earlier this month, according to an article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.Those who knew the popular Bonita High School student have grasped for answers about his death as speculation has mounted over whether alcohol or a missed stop sign could be to blame. Investigators, however, say it is still...

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Police worked to clear the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident on Tuesday that had the highway closed for two hours, according to California Highway Patrol. The accident occurred on the connector ramp between westbound Interstate 580 and 1-238.The motorcyclist, a 49-year-old, Livermore man was splitting lanes in 10 to 20 mph traffic on his motorcycle when he clipped the rear of a big-rig,...

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A motorcycle accident claimed the life of a 20-year-old Chula Vista man Friday afternoon shortly before 12:30 p.m.. according to 10News.com. "Witnesses reported that the motorcycle rider was traveling at a very high rate of speed and was simply unable to negotiate the curve," California Highway Patrol public affairs Officer Brad Baehr said.According to the CHP, Christopher Linan, a hotel worker,...

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A 24-year-old man died Wednesday night after he was thrown from his motorcycle while trying to avoid getting struck by a vehicle, according to a news report in The Orange County Register.Nicolas Andrew Cardoza, of Cypress, was traveling on Ball Road near Palm Way when the motorcycle accident occurred, police said. According to eyewitness reports, a Volkswagen sedan traveling in the No. 2 lane on...

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Safety training requested as well. Federal officials are urging motorcycle manufacturers to provide free or discounted helmets certified by the Department of Transportation with the purchase of every new motorcycle. U. S. Secretary of Transportation, Mary E. Peters, on Friday called on manufacturers to make safety equipment an integral part of every motorcycle sold to a consumer."Helmets and...

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