A motorcyclist was killed Friday night after colliding with a vehicle near Long Beach’s Belmont Shore neighborhood, in a crash that police say they are still piecing together. Officers were sent to the 6400 block of Pacific Coast Highway near Second Street for an injury collision, and the rider did not survive.
According to MyNewsLA.com, the motorcyclist had been heading south on Pacific Coast Highway before entering the intersection at East Second Street, where the bike collided with a vehicle traveling east. Paramedics pronounced the rider dead at the scene, Long Beach Police Sgt. Laurie Barajas told the outlet. The driver of the other vehicle stayed at the scene and cooperated with responding officers, police said.
Investigators are looking into speed as a contributing factor in the crash. Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact the Long Beach Police Department at 562-570-7110.
A Grim Pattern on Long Beach Streets
A Grim Pattern on Long Beach Streets Friday’s death adds to a string of fatal motorcycle crashes that have rattled Long Beach in recent months. In September, a motorcyclist died after running a red light and colliding with an SUV near Atlantic Avenue and Villa Park, according to Patch, with police saying speed was also being investigated as a possible factor in that crash. The Long Beach Post reported that the SUV had been turning left from Villa Park onto northbound Atlantic on a green light when the motorcyclist is alleged to have run the red light heading south, a detail laid out by the Long Beach Post…