Irvine Motorcyclist Dies After Crashing Into Car
A motorcyclist died Tuesday evening after running into a car that had turned left in front of him at a Santa Ana intersection, police said Wednesday.
Johnny Ridgeway, 33, of Irvine was declared dead at the scene after the collision about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 2300 block of Halliday Street near Warner Avenue.
Ridgeway was traveling east on Warner when a Chevy Astro minivan driven by an unlicensed 38-year-old woman from Santa Ana suddenly turned in front of him to go south on Halliday, according to Sgt. Baltazar De La Riva, a spokesman for the Santa Ana Police Department.
“The cyclist was unable to stop and struck the van,” suffering massive head injuries, De La Riva said.
Charges are pending against the woman, whom police declined to identify, he said.
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