1 dead in SUV vs. cycle crash

POLICE are investigating a fatal accident in Huntington Beach between an SUV and a motorcycle (Shutterstock).

One person is dead and another hospitalized after a crash between a motorcycle and a sport utility vehicle in Huntington Beach.

According to Jennifer Carey, public information officer for the HBPD, officers responded at 4:22 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a traffic collision on Beach Boulevard north of Adams Avenue. Involved was a Harley Davidson motorcycle and a Toyota Rav-4.

Arriving officers found the Harley rider, a 54-year-old resident of Stanton, deceased at the scene. The driver of the Toyota, a 90-year-old Huntington Beach man, sustained injuries and was taken to a local area hospital. It’s unknown whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the accident.

The preliminary investigation that followed indicated that the motorcycle was moving northbound on Beach, north of Adams, when it collided with the Rav-4 as it made a left turn across the northbound lanes from the southbound Beach Boulevard left turn pocket.

Anyone who may have witnessed the accident or the events leading up to it are asked to call the HBPD at (714) 536-5670 or (714) 536-5231.