Posts tagged motorcycle accidents

• Alameda Cyclist Memorialized With "Ghost Bike."

  Claude Wyle | August 03, 2007 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Had only one motorcycle learned to "share the road" with the car it was trying to pass exactly one year ago today, Ed Weiss may still be alive. Instead, this avid cyclist was struck by that motorcycle and suffered fatal injuries. Today friends, family and admirers memorialized him with a bicycle painted white -- the famed "ghost bike." Let's hope this raises awareness and prevents future auto...

• San Francisco Motorcycle Accident With No Insurance

  Claude Wyle | July 29, 2007 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Riding a Motorcycle With No Insurance? Risks You Should Know About. Last Fall Joey Palmer, a San Francisco Richmond District resident, was riding his motorcycle through the Presidio when his brakes suddenly locked up, and he crashed. He was lucky to survive the motorcycle accident with only a broken rib, and no other serious bodily injuries. Palmer, who was not carrying health insurance at...

• Motorcycle Accident Slows Down Traffic, Rider not Seriously Injured

  Chrissie Cole | July 25, 2007 2:55 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident on Interstate 80 slowed commuter traffic down to a crawl, but had a happy ending when the rider ejected from the bike, was not seriously injured.California Highway Patrol reports, a motorcyclist was traveling along the carpool lane at 6:36 a.m. approaching University Avenue when a pickup truck switched lanes in front of the motorcycle, causing the rider to lose control and...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Crash

  Chrissie Cole | July 22, 2007 7:07 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  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...

• Motorcycle Accident Study - A Wealth of Information

  Rick Patterson | July 15, 2007 5:29 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident study, specifically, The Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures, was conducted by the University of Southern California (USC) and funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is said to be a great resource for information regarding how to avoid accidents. Some 900 motorcycle accidents were investigated as part of this...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Freeway Crash

  Chrissie Cole | July 09, 2007 10:02 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  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...

• Man Hospitalized After Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 29, 2007 7:11 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A 35-year-old man was injured after driving his motorcycle into a car early yesterday morning. The motorcycle accident happened in Ellington on Windsorville Road. The driver of the car was traveling south in his Honda Ody LX on Tripp Road, when he attempted to make a left turn from Tripp Road to Windsorville Road, police said.Herrera struck the driver's side of Bellezza's vehicle with the...

• Two Injured in Motorcyle Accident

  Chrissie Cole | June 29, 2007 6:56 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident on Saturday, June 23, closed down Angeles Crest highway for three hours injuring two motorcyclists. The accident started a fire that burned a one-tenth acre in the Angeles National Forest.The two motorcycles sideswiped one another at the highway curve. One of the motorcyclists was, a 41-year-old man of La Miranda and the other was a 32-year-old man, of Torrance. Both...

• Driver Flees Crash Scene After Hitting Motorcycle Officer

  Chrissie Cole | June 18, 2007 10:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  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...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Crash with Truck

  Christina Cole | June 13, 2007 9:29 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  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...