Crime & Safety

Updated: Two Arrested in Fatal Hit-and-Run Motorcycle Crash on 60 Freeway

Walnut resident Kurt Ferguson, 28, died after reportedly crashing his bike into the rear of a car.

Updated 11:04 p.m.

Two were arrested in connection with the fatal motorcycle crash Sunday morning on the 60 freeway. 

Rowland Heights resident, Ai Ho, 57, was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run, reported the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Gilberto Flores, a 25-year-old Los Angeles resident was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run and drunken driving, CHP Officer Jennifer Cassidy told the newspaper.

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Kurt Ferguson, a 28-year-old Walnut resident, died early Sunday morning after he crashed his motorcycle into the back of Ho's car, the newspaper reported. Flores allegedly struck Ferguson's motorcycle following the initial crash. 

Ho is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail until she appears in court, according to Los Angeles County booking records.  Flores is being held on $100,000 bail.

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A 28-year-old motorcyclist died early this morning after he crashed his bike into the rear of at least one and possibly two cars on the Pomona (60) Freeway near Industry, officials said.

He was later identified as Kurt Ferguson, a resident of Walnut, said coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie.

The crash shut down four of the five lanes on the 60 Freeway for slightly more than two hours.

The collision was on the westbound 60 Freeway just east of the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 2:39 a.m., said CHP Officer Cheyenne Quesada in the Traffic Management Center.

Ferguson was speeding on a 2012 Yamaha when his bike rear-ended a 1995 Lexus SC300 driven by a 57-year-old woman, who suffered minor injuries, according to the CHP.

He was ejected from his Yamaha, which continued westbound and was hit by a 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe.

Ferguson was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics at 2:51 a.m., said county fire department Dispatch Supervisor Ed Pickett.

The crash shut down the numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 lanes for the death investigation and accident cleanup. The CHP issued a SigAlert at 3:11 and the lanes were reopened at 5:14 a.m.

--City News Service





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