Elderly Motorcyclist Killed in Crash on Crest Highway

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, CA - A 72-year-old man was killed and two women were hospitalized Monday after a motorcycle collided with a vehicle on the Angeles Crest (2) Highway, authorities said.

The crash was reported at about 1:45 p.m. on the Angeles Crest Highway near Windy Gap, the California Highway Patrol said.

The 2011 BMW motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Angeles Crest Highway and the sports utility vehicle was heading westbound on the highway. "As both vehicles approached each other, the motorcycle crossed into the westbound lane and struck the sports utility vehicle," CHP Officer A. McAllister said.

"Upon CHP arrival, CPR was being performed on the driver of the motorcycle," he said. "As a result of this collision, the motorcyclist suffered fatal injuries."

The women inside the 2006 Jeep were identified as driver Celeste Black, 52, of Covina and passenger Mariana Shihwang, 53, of Walnut. Both were taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries, McAllister said. The name of the motorcyclist was not released. He reportedly was from Bluffton, South Carolina.

The investigation continued into the crash, he said. Anyone with information was asked to contact McAllister at the Altadena-area CHP office at (626) 296-8100.

- - City News Service, photo via Shutterstock