LAKE HAVASU CITY – A passenger was fatally injured when a motorcycle was struck from behind by a vehicle in Lake Havasu City. Wednesday’s accident was reported at 8:25 p.m. on State Route 95.
Lake Havasu City police detective Chris Angus said investigators determined that the male driver of a 2010 Honda Civic was southbound on the highway when the Honda rear-ended a 1994 Harley Davidson motorcycle just past the Acoma Boulevard South intersection. He said the male operator and female passenger were ejected from the southbound motorcycle.
“The female passenger of the Harley Davidson was struck by the Honda Civic after ejection, and was then struck by a 2009 Toyota Tacoma, which was also traveling southbound on SR 95,” Angus said. “The female passenger, identified as 65-year-old Quartzite, Arizona resident Lydia Perkins, was pronounced dead at the accident scene.”
Angus said the motorcycle operator was transported to the local hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Those in the vehicles were uninjured.
The highway was closed for several hours and the accident remains under investigation.
- Dave Hawkins