Lucas Robert Reiss, 18, died in a motorcycle accident the afternoon of January 9, 2009 on the Ortega Highway in Lake Elsinore, according to a Orange County Register article. Reiss, a resident of San Juan Capistrano, was riding a 2007 Suzuki on the westbound lanes of the highway near El…
A 48-year-old Orange County woman is in critical condition after she was injured in a motorcycle accident in Buena Park on December 30, 2008. According to this news report in The Orange County Register, the woman, who has not been identified, was traveling south on Artesia Boulevard when she lost…
Ralph Mongenel. 61, of Santa Ana, was killed in an Anaheim motorcycle accident on December 6 2008, The Orange County Register reports. Mongenel was riding south on Brookhurst Street under the 91 Freeway in Anaheim when he hit the center divider at the south side of the intersection. He was…
Julian Adame, 19, of Orangevale suffered serious injuries in a Sacramento County motorcycle accident on October 29, 2008. Adame was riding his 2008 Honda CBR 600 motorcycle west on Main Avenue near Dredger Way in Orangevale. California Highway Patrol officials said that as Adame approached a right curve, his motorcycle…
A motorcyclist who was killed in an October 25, 2008 collision with a van in Santa Ana has been identified as 26-year-old Cuong Nguyen. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Nguyen was killed in the 10/25/08 motorcycle accident, which occurred in the 5600 block of West…
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed new rules, which will make it harder for riders to use “novelty” helmets in states that require DOT-certified helmets. According to this news report, the new proposal will change the agency’s current motorcycle helmet safety standard to require manufacturers to place a…
Jaime Juarez, 56, of Salinas, died in a Aug. 25 rear-end Monterey County motorcycle accident after his vehicle was hit by a delivery truck when he was stopped at a red light, the Monterey County Herald reports. The driver of the truck, Luciano Acevedo, 26, of Watsonville, was arrested on…
Los Angeles County fire Capt. John Ellis, 55, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Lancaster, according to a CBS News report. The fatal motorcycle accident occurred at 70th Street West and Avenue I Saturday night when the 42-year-old driver of a Chevrolet pickup truck pulled into the intersection in…
A Newport Coast motorcycle accident near Reef Point Drive killed a 34-year-old man last Sunday night, according to a news article in The Orange County Register. Mario Frassetto of Mission Viejo was riding a 2000 Yamaha motorcycle southbound on the Pacific Coast Highway when he veered to the right and…
A Riverside motorcycle intersection accident near Jurupa Avenue and Van Buren Boulevard killed its rider, according to a report posted on instantRiverside.com. Rialto resident, Michael Martinez, 57, was in a 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 pick-up truck when he collided with Mira Loma motorcyclist Jeremy Sadach, 26. Sadach died shortly after…