Motorcycle Accidents

• Supersport Motorcycles Have Highest Death Rate

  Randy Walton | October 07, 2007 12:08 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  Motorcyclists who ride high-performance racing motorcycles called supersport bikes are being killed in accidents at a rate nearly four times higher than those who ride all other types of bikes. The bikes are built on racing platforms and then modified for the highway before being sold to consumers. Research conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found the greatest insurance...

• Motorcyclist Dies on Clark Memorial Bridge

  Shannon Weidemann | September 28, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A woman driving a motorcyle over the Clark Memorial Bridge in Louisville died on Thursday night. The woman was thrown from her bike in the motorcyle accident. She had been headed southbound alongside a man on another motorcycle when she lost control and rear-ended a Geo Tracker, police said. The victim was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. No one else was hurt in the...

• Two Men Killed in California Motorcycle Accident

  Chrissie Cole | September 10, 2007 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsChico, CA

  A motorcycle accident in Montebello, claimed the lives of two men today, according to police.The accident happened on Montebello Boulevard and Paramount Boulevard just after 9 p.m. last night, said the Montebello Police Department.Both men were dead at the scene, according to police.Prior to the crash, a motorist called 911 to report she was being followed by two men traveling on a motorcycle....

• California Motorcycle Accident Kills Rider

  Shannon Weidemann | September 10, 2007 10:05 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A motorcycle accident in Kono Tayee killed the driver on Friday morning. The motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash. The accident happened on Highway 20. A boater reported the crash after seeing the wreckage from the water. The motorcycle was allegedly traveling too fast for a left-hand curve in the road and went over the embankment where it struck some boulders at the...

• Motorcycle Passenger Killed in Crash with Pickup

  Chrissie Cole | September 04, 2007 9:42 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  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...

• When Drivers Kill Motorcyclists It's Civil Law That Helps The Family

  Claude Wyle | August 30, 2007 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  A 25 year old reckless driver Ramon Pineda caused a deadly motorcycle-car crash this past Sunday, killing an off-duty Flint police officer, Vincent Owen, age 26, of Goodrich. According to witnesses, Pineda was driving a Camaro about 8 p.m. Sunday on Sashabaw when he rear-ended the motorcycle driven by D'Anna. Pineda, attempted to run from the accident, and was restrained by witnesses....

• Is Criminal Prosecution Enough Accountability for Killing a Motorcyclist?

  Claude Wyle | August 30, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A reckless driver involved in a fatal motorcycle-car crash earlier this week, in which an off-duty Flint police officer was killed, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving on a suspended license. According to witnesses, 25 year old Ramon Pineda was driving a Camaro about 8 p.m. Sunday on Sashabaw when he rear-ended a motorcycle driven...

• Air Force Enlistee Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 27, 2007 6:53 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A 22-year-old U.S. Air Force enlistee was killed in a fatal motorcycle accident after being thrown from his motorcycle, on Interstate Highway 80, early this morning.The motorcyclist was heading south on Interstate Highway 505 on his 2003 Honda motorcycle when he ran off the south side of the I-505 transition road to west I-80, according to California Highway Patrol.The motorcycle crossed all of...

• Crossing the Double Yellow Line-Mistake or Bad Choice?

  Claude Wyle | August 17, 2007 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  For outraged commentary by friends and foes of bad biker Joe Silver who caused Harley rider Sam terrible fractures and other personal injuries, and caused the wrongful death of Ronda Anaya, check the link above. Our motorcycle accident attorneys represent the injured Harley rider Sam, and I can tell you that Sam is in agony both physically and emotionally every day. Whether he ever recovers...

• Deadly Oakland SUV v. Motorcycle Accident

  Claude Wyle | August 15, 2007 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  On Tuesday morning in downtown Oakland near Chinatown, a motorcyclist was killed when an SUV while making a lane change, brushed the motorcycle he was riding, knocking him into a parked car, and then into a retaining wall.The motorcycle accident happened about 6 a.m. in the 100 block of Seventh Street, between Jackson and Madison streets. This apparently is another case of "I just didn't see...