Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Early Morning 55 Freeway Crash Kills Motorcyclists

June 21, 2010 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports by a motorcycle lawyer, a motorcyclist was killed in an early morning accident on the southbound 55 Freeway.

The motorcycle accident occurred at approximately 2:35 a.m. according to the California Highway Patrol on the southbound 55 connector to southbound I-5.
The motorcyclist was killed after veering off the road and was struck by three vehicles, according to reports. He has been identified as Charles Park age 40 of Irvine according to the coroner’s office.

According to the California Highway Patrol Park was riding a 2004 Yamaha in the No. 1 land of the connector road when he veered to the left and struck a yellow sand barrel. According to reports park was traveling at approximately 80 miles an hour when he veered off the No.1 lane of the connector road.

The motorcycle continued south striking another sand barrel; Park was thrown from the bike and landed in the No.1 lane of the connector road. He was struck by three vehicles that were traveling on the trainsition road and pronounced dead at approximately 2:47 a.m.

The motorcycle came to rest on right shoulder of the road. The motorcycle crash shut down the transition road for several hours from approximately 3:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

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