PALMDALE – A man killed when an all-terrain vehicle crashed into a pickup truck Sunday morning in Palmdale was a Garden Grove resident, authorities said.
He was Rafael Suarez, 29, according to coroner’s Investigator Jerry McKibben.
The crash happening around at 10:14 a.m. Sunday, July 2, in the area of Avenue U and 233rd Street East, California Highway Patrol Officer J. Tomkinson reported.
Suarez was driving a 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700 in an easterly direction on a dirt power line road approaching 235th Street East when he crashed into a 2017 Toyota Tacoma driven by a 51-year-old Ontario man, Tomkinson said.
Suarez was pronounced dead at the scene, Tomkinson said.
The pickup truck driver was not injured.
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Wendy GB says
To the family of Rafael Suarez my sincere condolences and prayers are with you that God the Almighty may grant you strength, endurance, comfort and peace “so you may abound in hope through the Holy Spirit.” (Ro.15:13)
I R Dumb says
Stay “down below”.