23-year-old Maxwell Martin Carpenter was killed in a tragic motorcycle wreck that occurred on October 20, 2011, just before midnight at the intersection of Wendy Drive and Peppermint Street. According to Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, Carpenter lost control of his bike, hit the west curb, and then a street sign.
53-year-old Rogelio Malihan was killed in a serious motorcycle wreck that occurred on October 8, 2011, around 11:50 a.m. state Route 79 (SR-79) near Pine Hills Road. According to the California Highway Patrol, Malihan was riding with his son and friend, each on his own motorcycle.
27-year-old Paul Swayze suffered fatal injuries in a bike wreck that occurred on October 2, 2011, around 2 a.m. at the intersection of Willow Street and Bonita Road in Spring Valley. According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office, Swayze lost control his motorcycle and was hurled into a fence.
28-year-old Keith Westhaver of Wildomar was killed in a serious motorcycle crash that occurred on September 20, 2011, around 8:12 a.m. Highway 138 in Phelan. According to the coroner’s office, Westhaver was riding his Honda 600RR bike on the highway west of Interstate 15 (I-15) coming upon backed-up traffic when a 2004 Ford Expedition made a U-turn in front of him.
65-year-old Cheryl S. Hightower was struck and killed by a car driver on August 31, 2011, around 7:30 west on North Shore Drive in Big Bear City. According to California Highway Patrol Officers, Hightower was driving her 1997 Harley-Davidson Dyna FXD when she was struck by a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee who ran a stop…
53-year-old Reynaldo Newman of Carlsbad died in a solo motorcycle wreck that occurred on August 15, 2011, around 9:45 a.m. in the 2500 block of Harmony Grove Road in Escondido. According to county Medical Examiner’s Office, Newman was riding east when he lost control of his bike, stumbled down a 30-foot-high bank, and landed on a pile of concrete in an industrial yard.
56-year-old Leon Livingston of San Diego died in a Poway motorcycle wreck on August 7, 2011, around 3 p.m. on state Route 67 (SR-67) near Scripps Poway Parkway. According to the Medical Examiner’s Office, Livingston rear-ended a vehicle that made an abrupt stop directly in front of him.
A 43-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a serious motorcycle accident that occurred on July 22, 2011, around 7:20 p.m. near the Campo Indian Reservation. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings, the victim was driving his Suzuki motorcycle when he drifted off the state Route 94 (SR-94) and struck a power pole. The victim was wearing a helmet at the time of accident.
An unidentified motorist was killed in a head-on car accident that occurred on July 19, 2011, around 6:38 a.m. at Golden Era Studios in Gilman Hot Springs. According to the responding California Highway Patrol Officers, a maroon Volvo and a white Chevy truck was involved in this head-on wreck. One of the drivers was pronounced dead at the accident scene around 7:11 a.m.
20-year-old Bryan Hodges was killed in an Orange County motorcycle accident that occurred on July 11, 2011, around 5:22 p.m. at Euclid Street and Country Hills Drive in La Habra. The collision happened when a car traveling northbound on Euclid started to make a left turn onto westbound Country Hills. At this time, Hodges and another motorcyclist were traveling southbound on Euclid. The vehicle turned left in front of the two bikers. The other biker avoided the collision but Hodges crashed into the vehicle, driven by a licensed juvenile.