Early morning crash claims life of motorcyclist in Newport Beach
A male motorcyclist was killed early Saturday morning when he struck the center divider on West Coast Highway in Newport Beach, police said.
The accident, reported at 2:41 a.m., occurred near Prospect Street. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
A news photographer on the scene told City News Service the rider had been thrown into a palm tree in the center divider and the bike had ended up several hundred feet from the point of impact.
All but one lane of Coast Highway was closed for a while after the accident.
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