Crime & Safety

Coroner IDs Buena Park Motorcycle Rider

A Buena Park man was killed after crashing into a parked blue van over the weekend. He was identified Monday.

BUENA PARK, CA — A 46-year-old motorcycle rider who was killed Sunday was identified by the Orange County coroner's office Monday.

"Candelario Torres died at UC Irvine Medical Center at 10:50 p.m. Sunday," the Orange County coroner's office said.

At 6:45 p.m. Torres crashed the motorcycle he was riding into a parked blue van on the 9800 block of Calmada Avenue in South Whittier, in unincorporated L.A. County, California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball said.

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The CHP was investigating, and further details were not immediately available.

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