Motorcycle Accidents | InjuryBoard Santa Clarita

According to local police, a thirty-something man died on Saturday when his motorcycle collided with a car. The decedent, David Anthony Hall of Britain, did not stop at a posted stop sign. As a...

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David Frazelle, 29, of Hawthorne, California was riding his motorcycle at approximately 6 p.m. on a Monday evening when he stuck a truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was...

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The number of motorcycle fatalities have doubled in Colorado. And there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight. So far, in 2008 as many as 10 riders have died. The majority of those riders were not...

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Cousins Richard Aaron Dale, 19, and Cameron Ian McClintock, 15, were killed on March 17 when their motocross bikes collided in mid-air while they were riding at the family farm. A recent inquest is hoped to bring some measure of closure to a terrible family tragedy. Richard and Cameron were cousins, which makes the tragedy all the worse. Both Richard and Cameron were riding at a family farm....

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Last Saturday, three Alabama teens were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in hit a tree and went off an embankment. Four other teens were injured in the same car accident. All of the teens attended Hayden High School and were on their way home from a cheerleading clinic at the time of the crash. The driver, Sarah Elizabeth Agee, 17, in addition to Brittany Lovejoy, 17, Ariel Nibblet,...

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It isn't very often you see a 60-year-old woman riding a motorcycle. Sally Jean Mata was an exception. Sadly, on Sunday while she was riding her motorcycle she collided with a three-axle tanker truck. When the collision occured, Mata was traveling southbound, while the truck was making a U-Turn. The truck driver was not hurt. It was only last year that Mata survived an accident that took the...

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With the assistance of Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation, the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association (MMA) has started an aggressive motorcycle safety awareness campaign. The campaign began in January when Plymouth Rock offered to underwrite the cost of the program. Members of Massachusetts Motorcycle Association sent letters to every municipalities in Massachusetts, 351 in all. They were...

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Have you seen Senate Bill 49 (nicknamed Kyle's Law). It is a bill that aims at cutting down on accidents involving motorcycle-riding children under the age of twelve. Given the number of accidents that occur yearly, it is clear that changes are needed to cut down not only on injuries but also on deaths as a result of unsafe riding. Do you think taking the privilege of riding away from children...

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Yesterday, lawmakers moved to kill pending state regulations that would cut how much doctors can charge automobile insurers for treating accident victims. The proposed bill would regulate costs on more than 1,000 medical procedures that are automoblie related. "We would argue the reimbursement rates are inflated but recognize that the fee schedule currently pending before the department is a...

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After losing control of his motorcycle and hitting a telephone pole, a man died Saturday night near Arroyo Grande, said California Highway Patrol Officials. The unidentified 45-year-old man was taken to Arroyo Grande Hospital where he was pronounced dead at approximately 7:30 p.m., CHP said. The man was not identified as of Saturday night and his family not yet notified, said CHP officials.The...

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