Woman dies after being struck by motorcycle in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A pistillate died of her injuries aft being deed by a motorcyclist Friday night, the Fresno Police Department says.

Just earlier 9 p.m., a 9-1-1 telephone was placed from a store astatine Sierra Vista and Shields Avenues successful which a antheral told authorities helium had deed a idiosyncratic portion riding his motorcycle, investigators say.

Police arrived to find a antheral successful his 30’s with a fractured close limb who said helium believed he’d collided into idiosyncratic astir Sierra Vista and Michigan Avenues earlier continuing connected a 4th of a mile up the roadworthy to the store.

Law enforcement past went backmost to that country wherever they accidental they recovered a woman, believed to beryllium astir 40 years old, with important injuries successful the roadway.

Both radical were transported to the hospital, wherever the pistillate succumbed to her injuries.

Officers accidental they judge the motorcycle’s rider was traveling northbound connected Sierra Vista Avenue, astir Michigan Avenue erstwhile the pistillate was struck.

The department’s Traffic Unit and Collision Reconstruction Unit were called to analyse the clang and find fault.

Investigators accidental the motorcycle rider is cooperating with the investigation.

It is not known if intoxicant oregon drugs were a origin successful the crash.