Posts tagged motorcycle accidents

• Mission Valley Motorcycle Accident Leaves Two Dead

  Shannon Weidemann | May 22, 2007 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcylce accident in Mission Valley has left two people dead. The driver of the motorcyle was an member of the Armed Services. His passenger was his sister. The motorcyle accident happened on Sunday night. The man was the lead biker in a group of three motorcyclists allegedly speeding on eastbound Interstate 8, according to the CHP. A CHP officer chased the lead motorcyclist, who...

• Motorcycle Accident Claims Life of Cyclist

  Christina Cole | May 14, 2007 7:33 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  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...

• Motorcycle Accidents - Who's to Blame?

  Rick Patterson | May 04, 2007 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  If you have ever been on a motorcycle or have watched as they pass you by in traffic, it has probably crossed your mind just how vulnerable the motorcycle riders are.According to Ron Shepard, who is the director of Idaho Skills Training Advantage for Riders, "research shows that more then 70 percent of accidents involving motorcycles are caused by other drivers violating the motorcyclists' right...

• Napa Motorcycle Accident Injures Man

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 7:11 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A man from Yountville was driving his motorcycle in Napa along Dry Creek Road when he lost control of the vehicle. The motorcycle accident happened on Sunday afternoon. California Highway Patrol Lt. Mike Berger said the man ran off the roadway and went into an embankment."We suspect speed was involved as well as possible DUI," Berger said. "Folks on the scene smelled alcohol on the guy."The...

• Man Dies in Motorcycle Accident

  Christina Cole | April 28, 2007 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  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...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Motorcyle Accident

  Christina Cole | April 25, 2007 5:27 AM | 0 CommentsChico, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcyclist was killed in a motorcycle accident, on Thursday, in Eldorado County after attempting to pass other vehicles on a curve, causing him to crash head-on with a Ford van. The motorcycle was split in two on impact. The Ford driver was not injured.Witnesses say, the man, 35, was traveling on his 1994 Suzuki motorcycle southbound and driving recklessly, speeding and doing stunts, said...

• Motorcycle Accident Blocks 2 Freeway Lanes

  Christina Cole | April 24, 2007 6:28 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Two motorcyclists were involved in a motorcycle accident on the San Diego (405) Freeway next to Sherman Oaks, on Tuesday, leaving one person with a broken leg whilst also blocking two of the southbound freeway lanes, authorities said.The motorcycle crash occurred just shortly before 6am just south of Sepulveda Boulevard, reported an officer with the California Highway Patrol. The carpool lane...

• Motorcycle Safety Campaign

  Susy Owen | April 18, 2007 12:19 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  With the assistance of Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation, the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association (MMA) has started an aggressive motorcycle safety awareness campaign. The campaign began in January when Plymouth Rock offered to underwrite the cost of the program. Members of Massachusetts Motorcycle Association sent letters to every municipalities in Massachusetts, 351 in all. They were...

• Escondido Hit and Run Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 15, 2007 8:07 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A man driving an SUV hit another man driving a motorcycle and then fled from the scene on Saturday night. The accident happened in Escondido near Metcalf Street and Mission Avenue after 8 p.m. Witnesses told police that a white GMC Yukon hit Icenogle, then fled north on Metcalf. Nine minutes later, officers spotted the Yukon in the 1000 block of Rock Springs Road, stopped the car and arrested...

• Biker Dies in Hit-and-Run Accident

  Christina Cole | April 06, 2007 3:07 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  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...