A scooter rider died after crashing into a parked car in Central Berkeley Saturday evening, police said.
The rider suffered a head injury in the crash, in the 2100 block of California Street, around 8:30 p.m., police said.
The crash was first reported by The Berkeley Scanner, which identified the rider as 34-year-old Jorge Eduardo Velazquez Sosa of Oakland.
When police officers first arrived, “they initiated life-saving measures until relieved by the Berkeley Fire Department,” Berkeley police spokesperson Officer Byron White said in an email. The rider was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
More details on the exact circumstances of the crash were not immediately available.
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Alex N. Gecan joined Berkeleyside in 2023 as a senior reporter covering public safety. He has covered criminal justice, courts and breaking and local news for The Middletown Press, Stamford Advocate and…
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