Riley Myers Obituary, Death – A 26-year-old motorcyclist died Tuesday after he was hit by the rear of a vehicle towing a stalled trailer on Corona’s Riverside (91) highway. Riley Myers, a Rialto resident, was fatally injured around 1 a.m. on West 91st Street, east of Main Street, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Sergeant. Phil Rogers told the City News Service that a private car with a trailer “tumbled into the water” while driving in the center lane on the west side of the freeway and stopped for reasons not yet known. rice field.
Rogers said Myers hit the trailer at an unspecified speed and threw it onto the highway. Paramedics from the Corona Fire Brigade arrived on the scene minutes later and found the victim dead at the scene.
Two people were in the vehicle towing the trailer, but the sergeant said they didn’t need medical attention.
He said the investigation would reveal why the motorcyclist failed to stop or turn the trailer in time.
Three lanes of West 91 Road were closed to traffic for approximately three hours while the accident site was cleared for evidence and debris was cleared.