A motorcyclist who allegedly fled from Riverside County sheriff’s deputies when they attempted to stop him collided with a car at a Perris intersection and was fatally injured, authorities said Friday.
The fatality occurred just after 5 p.m. Thursday at Placentia and Redlands avenues, according to sheriff’s officials and the California Highway Patrol.
The agencies said that the rider, whose identity was not immediately released, caught the attention of a sheriff’s patrol unit for an alleged traffic violation at Frontage and Nuevo roads, near Interstate 215.
When deputies signaled the suspect to pull over, he “fled at a high rate of speed, prompting a pursuit,” according to a sheriff’s statement.
The patrolmen were unable to keep up with the motorcycle as it sped away eastbound, and they lost sight of the bike in the area of Placentia Avenue and North Perris Boulevard. About two blocks east of that location, the motorcycle plowed into a vehicle, according to the CHP.
The collision occurred a block away from a county fire station, whose personnel immediately went to the scene to render aid. The motorcyclist was taken to Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley, where he died Thursday night, the CHP stated.
It was unclear whether anyone in the car was injured in the crash.
The investigation was being handled by the CHP.