A man who sustained fatal injuries in a Los Angeles motorcycle accident has been identified as 47-year-old Martin E. Simon. The Santa Clarita Signal reports that the fatal crash occurred the morning of March 7, 2010 after Simon lost control of his 2006 Suzuki motorcycle as he rode north on Bouquet Canyon Road. Simon and his bike then went into opposing traffic lanes. Douglas Ross, a 46-year-old driver in a Nissan Sentra, was in the southbound lane and could not avoid hitting the motorcyclist. The Sentra ran over Simon's lower legs. Simon's injuries were fatal. Ross was uninjured. Read More

A 66-year-old man sustained fatal injuries in a Fresno car accident after he lost control of his motorcycle and collided into another vehicle. The Fresno Bee reports that the March 3, 2010 accident occurred when the motorcyclist was riding on Trimmer Springs Road near Pine Flat Road. The 2009 Harley-Davidson motorcycle went into the path of a westbound 1996 Ford Taurus driven by 54-year-old Susan Adams. The man was thrown off his motorcycle and sustained critical injuries. He was taken to a local hospital where he died. Adams was not injured. According to California Highway Patrol officials, drugs or alcohol was not a factor in this crash. Read More

Fred Siller, 39, sustained critical injuries in an Anaheim car accident after his motorcycle crashed into another vehicle on the 91 Freeway near Brookhurst Street, The Orange County Register reports. The major injury motorcycle crash occurred the night of February 16, 2010 on the westbound side of the freeway. California Highway Patrol officials said Siller is still listed in critical condition. An investigation is ongoing. Read More

A motorcyclist who was fatally injured in a Huntington Beach car accident has been identified as 58-year-old Richard Ciancone. The Orange County Register reports that the fatal motorcycle accident occurred the morning of February 7, 2010. Ciancone was westbound on Heil Avenue near Bradbury Lane, when 19-year-old Nathan Bower who was driving a Honda Element turned left in front of the motorcycle. Ciancone was thrown off the motorcycle and died from his critical injuries. Read More

A 41-year-old motorcyclist who was killed in San Jose car accident has been identified as Patrick Rogers. The San Jose Mercury News reports that the man was riding his 1999 Harley-Davidson west on Cherry Avenue at Geomax Court in San Jose, when he rear-ended a 2005 Cadillac Escalade driven by 51-year-old Christopher Caprino. The driver of the SUV was stopped on Cherry to turn right into an apartment complex. Police are saying based on a preliminary investigation that Caprino may not have been at fault, but he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Read More

A Long Beach motorcycle accident that occurred the morning of February 2, 2010 resulted in the death of the rider. According to a news report in The Press Telegram, the deadly motorcycle crash happened at the eastbound 91 Freeway transition to the southbound lanes of the 710 Freeway. The man was thrown from the motorbike and plummeted from the transition road. California Highway Patrol officials said he died at the scene. Read More

A motorcyclist who was fatally injured in a Riverside car accident the afternoon of January 15, 2010, has been identified as 37-year-old Ryan Wade Woosley, 37. KMIR 6 reports that the fatal motorcycle crash occurred at the intersection of Dinah Shore Drive and Crossley Road. Woosley, who was going east on Dinah Shore was struck by a Buick, whose driver was attempting to turn left at Crossley Road. The Buick then struck a BMW. The two occupants of the Buick suffered minor injuries. No one was injured in the BMW. Read More

Jose Absalon Barrientos, 54, was killed in a San Francisco car accident after a suspected drunk driver crashed her van into his Harley Davidson motorcycle. According to a news report in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the fatal motorcycle accident occurred the afternoon of November 1, 2009 when Sherri Lee Chinn, 38 crossed over to opposing traffic lanes on the Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz and struck Barrientos. The van also struck a BMW that was being driven by Barrientos' partner. Their 7-month-old daughter, who was strapped into a car seat, was uninjured. The driver of the BMW sustained minor injuries. One of two men riding in the van with Chinn also died from injuries.
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A deadly October 10, 2009 San Diego, California motorcycle accident has fatally injured 42-year-old Debra Louise Allen, who was a passenger on a motorcycle traveling on Highway 94, according to a 10News report. The accident happened on a stretch of a winding hilly road as the driver of the 2003 Harley-Davidson motorcycle attempted to re-enter the lane after passing a bus. The bus then reportedly struck the motorcycle and ran over Allen, crushing her. The unidentified motorcyclist was pushed to the side of the road.
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