Local News in Brief : Irvine : Girl, 16, Fatally Injured in Motorscooter Crash
A 16-year-old Irvine girl was fatally injured Wednesday when she drove a motorscooter into a parked car, police said.
Both the dead girl, who was not identified pending notification of relatives, and June LeFevre, 16, who was riding as a passenger on the Honda Elite scooter, were thrown from it on impact, police said.
The accident occurred at 12:34 p.m. as the girls traveled westbound on Main Street east of Harvard Avenue, Irvine police dispatcher Linda Bianchi said. She said the motorscooter for unknown reasons crossed over the center divider, struck a raised curb and collided with a parked vehicle, throwing both victims from the scooter. Neither of them wore a helmet, Bianchi said.
The critically injured girl was taken by county Fire Department paramedics to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, where she was pronounced dead at 1:03 p.m. A head injury caused her death, Bianchi said.
LeFevre, also of Irvine, was listed in good condition Wednesday at Health Care Medical Center in Tustin.
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