A motorcyclist died when his bike collided with a car and Grandview and Venice boulevards in Mar Vista on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Mia Duncans.
A 19-year-old man was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car on Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Venice and Grand View boulevards in Mar Vista.
The collision happened at 4:11 p.m. and the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, LAPD officer Liliana Preciado said.
Witnesses to the crash said a blue Pontiac heading westbound on Venice was waiting to make a left turn onto Grandview, and as the car was going through the intersection an eastbound blue and white Suzuki motorcycle collided with the front of the car. The motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed, bystanders said.
“I saw the motorcycle hit the front of the car and it went straight into the wall. The motorcyclist went flying toward the post office parking lot and the motorcycle was in pieces,” witness Teanna Nazarian said.
— Mia Duncans
Bullshit
I think the writer meant to write the car make left turn in front of the motorcyclist causing a deadly accident. The law says you can not make your left turn until traffic is clear from on coming traffic. I see this all the time, cars try to either beat out a motorcycle, or start to turn and then stop in front of the motorcycle. People have a hard time judging speed of a vehicle approaching, especially a thin profile of a motorcycle.