HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — A 62-year-old Westminster woman was fatally injured when she hit a curb while riding an e-bike, authorities said.
The crash happened at around 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Warner Avenue and Brightwater Drive, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department.
Police arriving found the woman unconscious in the roadway. She was taken to a local hospital but died of her injuries, police said.
She was not immediately identified by police.
"Based on the preliminary investigation, it appears the bicyclist was traveling eastbound on Warner Avenue east of Brightwater Drive in the bicycle lane when she struck the raised concrete curb and fell," according to an HBPD statement.
The department's Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team is assigned to the case and anyone who may have witnessed the collision or what led up to it was urged to contact HBPD Traffic Investigator Vishal Rattanchandani at 714-536-5231.
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