LOCAL - Crash Kills Cypress Motorcyclist
A motorcyclist veered off the Garden Grove Freeway and crashed into a thicket early today, killing him and injuring his passenger, the California Highway Patrol said.
Rescuers used chain saws to reach the 19-year-old motorcyclist, who lived in Cypress, and his passenger, Debra Kay Andrews, 25, of Lakewood, officers said. Neither was wearing a helmet.
The cyclist was heading westbound on the freeway at 1:10 a.m. at what witnesses said was an excessive rate of speed. CHP Sgt. Don Hulen said when the motorcyclist reached a curve just east of Newland Street he veered off the freeway and both aboard the motorcycle were hurled down an embankment into some shrubbery.
The motorcyclist, whose name was withheld pending notification of relatives, was pronounced dead at the scene. Andrews suffered cuts and scrapes and was listed in fair condition at UCI Medical Center in Orange.
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