Fatal Accident

You've probably heard by now about that fatal motorcycle versus bus accident at Foothill Blvd. and Mountain Ave. on Monday afternoon. According to the Daily Bulletin, the Foothill Transit bus involved had no passengers at the time of the incident.

The Claremont PD hasn't released the driver's name yet. Here's what the City's website had:

Fatal Traffic Collision

Claremont Police Department received numerous 9-1-1 calls around 3:18 pm reporting a collision between a Foothill Transit bus and a motorcycle at the intersection of Foothill Bl. and Mountain Ave.

Responding officers found the rider of the motorcycle suffering from wounds to the head and legs and rendered first aid until LA County Fire personnel arrived on scene. The Foothill Transit bus had no riders on board at the time of the collision. The Foothill Transit driver was not injured. The motorcycle rider was transported by ambulance to Pomona Valley Hospital for treatment. The victim later died from his injuries. His name is being withheld at this time until notification of next of kin. The LA County Coroner's Office is handling those notifications. The Claremont Police Department is currently investigating the collision.

First St. Accident

We heard about an accident involving an SUV and a pedestrian on First St. in front of the Village Expansion parking structure yesterday and noticed that the Courier's Tony Krickl had a post about the matter on his blog.

Krickl reported that yesterday morning a vehicle driven by Brenda Monahan, the owner of Three French Hens, accelerated onto the sidewalk on the south side of the street and struck the pedestrian. The pedestrian, whose name was not given, was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital but didn't survive.

As the Night Follows the Day

Wouldn't you know. It only took a couple of hours after this morning's accident for these posts to hit the Internet:

Highway 210 Crash Involves 3 Motorcycles--Injures 5 - California Car Accident Lawsuit Center::888.400.9721

Linking to:

...motorcycle accident lawyers in Claremont...

Accident on 210 Freeway

[Update, 8:30 a.m. myFOXla.com has posted a video of the cleanup. Early reports are that the four injured persons are not believed to have sustained life-threatening injuries.]

[... Later, 10:39 a.m. Friday: the number injured is now placed at five.]

Screengrab from KABC Video

Many in the Club area, along Baseline, and in west Claremont north awoke early this morning to helicopters hovering over the 210. They remained for nearly an hour watching a cleanup of an accident in the eastbound lanes just west of Mills. Gawkers were lined up on the Mills overcrossing.

See link following for early KABC video.

From the incident report, two victims were taken by ambulance to the Pomona Valley Medical Center; two were airlifted to LA County Medical Center. No information on their condition.

By 7:40 a.m. all lanes were reported open.

Click on map image to enlarge, or click on the incident report below to view it in readable form.

From the KTLA Traffic Blog:

A Sigalert for the 210

6:18 AM April 24, 2009

The CHP has issued a Sigalert for the 210 East past Towne Ave or at Baseline. This crash involves as many as three cars and possibly three motorcycles. The two right lanes are blocked. An SUV is facing the wrong way and a Los Angeles County fire helicopter may need to land near the freeway to take the injured parties to the hospital. It doesn't sound like the helicopter will land on the freeway so for now, the lanes that are blocked are the two right.
Posted by Ginger Chan

Incident Details
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