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Motorcyclist killed on 405 Freeway in Seal Beach

By Corina Knoll
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A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday on the 405 Freeway in Seal Beach after being struck by a pickup truck, the California Highway Patrol said.

The motorcyclist, whom passersby described as a man, was headed north about 7:45 a.m. and had just passed the 22 Freeway when something caused him to be thrown from his bike, CHP Officer Denise Quesada said.

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A red pickup truck with a utility trailer then struck the biker, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

A SigAlert was issued, closing off three lanes. No other information was available.

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-- Corina Knoll

Map: Approximate location of incident shown in red. Credit: Google Maps

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Corina Knoll

Corina Knoll is a former reporter for the Metro section of the Los Angeles Times. She was on the team that investigated corruption in Bell — which led to the paper’s 2011 Pulitzer Prize for public service — and went on to cover the trials of the city’s former officials. She later contributed to the paper’s coverage of the San Bernardino terror attack that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news. As a regional reporter, she wrote features about the San Gabriel Valley and the Westside. During her courts beat, she covered high-profile criminal cases and civil disputes, including the Jackson family vs AEG and Bryan Stow vs LA Dodgers. She and two colleagues investigated sheriff’s deputies whose histories of misconduct landed them on the department’s top-secret Brady list. She left The Times in January 2019. Raised in the Midwest, she is a graduate of Macalester College.

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