A motorcyclist has died after he lost control and crashed at high speed Saturday in North Long Beach, according to authorities.
Long Beach police said the wreck happened around 5:10 p.m. on Long Beach Boulevard near 51st Street.
A 55-year-old Long Beach man was riding a Honda CBR 900 northbound on Long Beach Boulevard “at a high rate of speed” when he lost control and “fell to the asphalt prior to colliding with a parked vehicle,” police said in a statement.
A Long Beach police officer driving in the area saw the man in the road and rendered aid until Long Beach Fire Department paramedics arrived and took him to a hospital where he died, police said.
Police have not publicly identified the man as authorities work to notify his family. Investigators believe speed was a factor in the crash.
Police asked anyone with more information about the crash to contact Detective Kevin Johansen at 562-570-7355. Anonymous tips can be sent through LACrimeStoppers.org.