A MOTORCYCLIST is dead after his motorcycle struck a car in Westminster Friday afternoon (Shutterstock).

A 29-year old motorcyclist from Anaheim was fatally injured Friday afternoon in Westminster.

According to Commander Kevin MacCormick of the WPD, officers responded to a report of a traffic collision in the 15100 block of Brookhurst Street, near Bolsa Avenue, at 3:55 p.m.

At the scene, officers found that a motorcycle had collided with a passenger automobile. The cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by Orange County Fire Authority personnel.

The driver of the automobile was taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

Police believe that neither alcohol or drugs were a factor in this incident. The identity of the decedent is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.

Anyone who may have witnessed the accident is asked to call Sgt. Anil Adam of the WPD Traffic Division at (714) 548-3770.