Motorcycle Accidents

• 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...

• 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...

• Illinois Motorcycle Accident Kills Woman

  Shannon Weidemann | August 12, 2007 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A 34-year-old woman was killed in a motorcycle accident in Dongola when she was hit by a pickup truck. The victim was the Postmaster for the Dongola Post Office. She was driving her motorcycle on Front Street when she was hit. She had worked for the U.S. Postal Service for several years, part of the time as a temporary worker, according to Larry Lankheit, manager for post office operation...

• Motorcycle Accident Fatalities Increase 200 Percent

  John Bisnar | July 17, 2007 5:59 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  In 2007, the number of fatalities involving motorcyclists increased to its highest level since 1985 according to a story by Tim Harlow of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. During the same period the number of deaths on the state's roads was the lowest in more than 60 years. Seventy motorcycle riders died on Minnesota State roads last year. That's a 200% increase from a decade ago which matches...

• Hollywood Freeway Accident Kills Motorcycle Driver

  Shannon Weidemann | July 15, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A man driving his motorcyle on the Hollywood Freeway was killed when he was struck by a hit and run driver. The motorcycle accident happened in the late evening on Friday. The rider was taken to a hospital after the accident and died, officials said. Witnesses said a vehicle hit a motorcycle, crashed into the center divider, hit another vehicle, then crashed into a light pole as its female...

• Man Hospitalized After Motorcycle Accident

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

  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...

• Mission Valley Motorcycle Accident Leaves Two Dead

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

  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...

• Napa Motorcycle Accident Injures Man

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

  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...

• Escondido Hit and Run Motorcycle Accident

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

  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...

• Kansas State Sophmore Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 17, 2007 8:16 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A Kansas State student driving his motorcycle was in an accident Wednesday night. The biology major was not wearing a helmet and was killed after his motorcycle went under an SUV. Investigation into the accident is ongoing, said Lt. John Eichkorn with the Kansas Highway Patrol. The KHP does not expect to have an official report of the accident ready for about 10 days, he said."In cases like...