Ventura County: Motorcyclist Walter Gutierrez Killed in Crash on PCH
At around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 4th, 24-year-old motorcyclist Walter Gutierrez was killed in a crash on PCH near Mugu Rock in Ventura County. The accident occurred near Point Mugu State Beach when 37-year-old Mindee Martinez exited a beach parking lot, crossing the southbound lane in which Gutierrez was riding to enter a northbound one, causing him to crash into the driver’s side of her Dodge Challenger. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Traffic was stopped for almost two hours while authorities investigated the accident, taking witness accounts from the group of motorcyclists with whom Gutierrez had been riding, explains a California personal injury attorney.
Ventura County accounted for 11 of the fatal and injury motorcycle accidents that occurred throughout the state in 2009, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety’s must current data. That year, the number of motorcyclists killed in traffic accidents in the state decreased for the first time since 1998, marking the end of an 11-year, 175 percent increase. Whereas there were 560 deaths in 2008, there were 394 in 2009, a nearly 30 percent decline.
All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to offer our condolences to the family of Walter Gutierrez, the motorcyclist who was killed in a crash on PCH on July 4th.
The Ventura County Star originally reported this accident.
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