A 63-year-old man riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle — splitting lanes at a high rate of speed — was killed in a three-vehicle crash on the Riverside (91) Freeway in Anaheim, authorities said Saturday.
The motorcyclist was later identified as James Schafer, of Lake Elsinore, according to the coroner’s office.
The crash was at about 9:50 p.m. Friday on the eastbound 91 Freeway, east of Imperial Highway, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Schafer, riding a 2012 Harley Davidson, was splitting lanes between the number one and two lanes of traffic at a high speed, when he rear ended a 2014 Toyota, that was slowing for traffic, the CHP report said. The bike continued out of control and struck a 2014 Honda.
Paramedics rushed Schafer to Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, where he died from his injuries at 10:45 p.m. Friday, according to the coroner’s office.
No other injuries were reported.
The CHP’s Santa Ana office asked anyone who saw the crash to call them at (714) 567-6000.
—City News Service