Sunday, a man was injured and a woman was killed in a motorcycle accident on Interstate 205. The single-vehicle motorcycle crash occurred around 3:30 Sunday afternoon, when the rear tire exploded on the motorcycle, leading to the wreck.
News reports do not indicate what may have caused the tire to blow. However, the exploding tire is believed to have caused the 48-year-old driver to lose control of his bike. He was riding with a 27-year-old woman from San Jose as a passenger on the bike.
Both people were ejected from the motorcycle sometime during the freeway accident. The woman who was riding as a passenger suffered fatal injuries in the wreck.The driver, a man from San Jose, was transported to Sutter Tracy Community Hospital after the crash for treatment.
Many of the posts on this blog have covered stories that may involve the negligence of drivers on the road causing a car accident. In other posts, this blog has discussed issues related to dangerous roadways or intersections that can be a factor in causing a serious California motorcycle accident. Defective products can be a significant factor in causing personal injury. At times, an accident can be just an accident.
Motorcyclists face a wide variety of unique hazards on the roadway, from inattentive drivers who fail to see an oncoming motorcycle to road hazards to occasional product defects. Accident victims and their families should consider speaking with an experienced San Francisco motorcycle accident attorney for an assessment of an individual situation.
Source: Tracy Press, “Police Log: Woman killed in motorcycle accident,” Jan. 30, 2012
