Crime & Safety
Motorcycle Crash Victim Identified
The deceased victim who collided with a second motorcyclist on Angeles Crest Highway has been identified as a 30-year-old man from Hawthorne.
Coroner's officials identified the motorcycle rider killed in a weekend crash on Angeles Crest Highway.
Junior Estuardo Quic-Ortiz, 30, of Hawthorne died from multiple blunt injuries, Los Angeles County Coroner Assistant Chief Ed Winter said Tuesday. Quic-Ortiz was pronounced dead at the scene, just east of mile marker 63.37.
California Highway Patrol officers have said alcohol wasn't a factor in the 1:30 p.m. collision that involved a second motorcycle and injured rider 45-year-old Patrick Ramirez of San Dimas.
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According to the CHP, Quic-Ortiz was operating a 2000 Kawasaki ZR-7, Ramirez a 2000 Yamaha R6. Quiz-Ortiz was traveling westbound at an unknown speed while Ramirez was traveling eastbound at 40 miles per hour. At that point, for reasons Quic-Ortiz lost control of his motorcycle, was ejected and struck the second motorcycle.
Ramirez was thrown from his bike and slammed into the road, sustaining moderate injuries.
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Montrose Search and Rescue gave medical attention to both victims at the scene of the crash.
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