10/30/23

A MOTORCYCLE RIDER WAS KILLED IN A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN BAGDAD SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ACCORDING TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE RIDER WAS TRAVELING AT AROUND 120 MILES-PER-HOUR WHEN A WOMAN WAS TURNING HER CAR INTO HER DRIVEWAY. SHE NEVER SAW THE MOTORCYCLE, WHICH STRUCK HER CAR HEAD-ON. THE RIDER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL. 

AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED SPEED WAS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE CRASH. THE WOMAN IN THE CAR SHOWED NO SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT AND WAS NOT CHARGED.