Motorcyclist killed in Newport Beach crash identified as 26-year-old Costa Mesa man
A 26-year-old Costa Mesa man was identified as a motorcyclist who was killed in a crash Saturday in Newport Beach, authorities said.
Orange County coroner’s officials identified him as Todd Anthony Davis Jr.
Newport Beach police responded to a report of a crash involving a 2015 Mazda CX-5 SUV and a 2014 Yamaha FZ-09 motorcycle near the intersection of Irvine Avenue and Orchard Drive at 10:11 a.m.
Davis was traveling north on Irvine Avenue as the SUV was turning left from southbound Irvine onto Orchard, police said.
Davis was thrown from the motorcycle. He was taken to a trauma center, where he died of his injuries within an hour of the crash, police said.
The woman driving the SUV was not injured.
Police are investigating the cause of the crash, and no arrests were made. Anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator Bill Hanson at (949) 644-3746 or whanson@nbpd.org.
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