Last Updated on January 16, 2023 by C-Car Staff
ALTADENA >> Coroner’s officials on Monday identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash on Angeles Crest Highway as a 27-year-old Jeffrey Yamato of Alta Loma.
Ed Winter, assistant chief of investigations and operations for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, said Yamato died at the scene . The autopsy is pending.
The fatal crash occurred just after 8:20 a.m. Sunday at mile marker 36.89 on Angeles Crest Highway.
The motorcycle was heading eastbound when it crossed over into the opposing lane and collided with a 2001 GMC Yukon XL. Bejar said the motorcyclist was thrown from his bike.
The CHP hasn’t determined yet why the motorcycle went into the westbound lane and how fast it was traveling before the crash, but Officer Ryan Bejar said drugs and alcohol were not suspected as factors.
The 40-year-old man driving the Yukon and his passengers — a 42-year-old woman, a 12-year-old boy, a 9-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl — weren’t injured, according to the Bejar. All are from Hanford, in the San Joaquin Valley.
The collision shut down a section of Angeles Crest Highway for nearly three and a half hours.
