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Riverside Motorcycle Accident Lawyers | Carpool Lane Cutoff Causes Fatal Crash

MotorcycleCrashA 59-year-old motorcyclist was killed Saturday after a car cut him off to try to get into the carpool lane in Moreno Valley, California.

The fatal motorcycle accident occurred at around 2:45 p.m. on Saturday on on westbound Highway 60, also known as the Moreno Valley Freeway. Albert Jackson Welch of Moreno Valley was riding a 1990 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic in the carpool lane when a 1999 Daewoo Leganza traveling about 50 mph crossed over the double yellow lines into the carpool lane directly in front of the motorcyclist, according to a Southwest Riverside News Network report.

CHP spokeswoman Sylvia Vargas said Welch applied the brakes, but the front tire of his motorcycle struck the left rear portion of car’s bumper. He was thrown off of his motorcycle and onto the highway. Paramedics rushed him to Riverside County Regional Medical Center, but his injuries proved to be fatal. Hospital officials pronounced the motorcyclist dead at 1:41 p.m. 

According to the CHP, the Daewoo that cut off the motorcyclist to get into the carpool lane was driven by 38-year-old Stephanie A. Clation, also a Moreno Valley resident. She may be charged with misdemeanor manslaughter, according to a report in the Desert Sun.

Around half of all fatal motorcycle crashes involve a collision with another vehicle, according to the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data. In those crashes, 78 percent of motorcycles involved were struck from the front.

The greatest number of motorcycle fatalities occur in Florida (530 deaths per year), California (495 deaths per year) and Texas (375 deaths per year).

The trial attorneys at Blackman Legal Group, a California-based law firm founded by renowned trial attorney Clifford Blackman, have been representing injury victims since 1976, and have special expertise in cases involving motorcycle accident injuries and fatalities.  The nationwide toll-free number to call for a free consultation is 1-866-692-8126.

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