Motorcyclist is killed in ricochet accident
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A man riding a motorcycle was killed Thursday after hitting a sports car and a tractor-trailer, authorities said.
Brandon Garcia, 23, of Irvine was switching lanes heading south on Beach Boulevard about 7:45 a.m.
His handlebar struck the tractor-trailer and he veered into a Mercedes-Benz, witnesses told police.
The motorcycle bounced off the car back toward the tractor-trailer, which ran over the man. He died at the scene.
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