{"id":95571,"date":"2025-12-15T19:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/95571\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:06:07","slug":"scooter-rider-dies-after-crashing-into-parked-car-in-berkeley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/95571\/","title":{"rendered":"Scooter rider dies after crashing into parked car in Berkeley"},"content":{"rendered":"

A scooter rider died after crashing into a parked car in Central Berkeley Saturday evening, police said.<\/p>\n

The rider suffered a head injury in the crash, in the 2100 block of California Street, around 8:30 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n

The crash was first reported by The Berkeley Scanner<\/a>, which identified the rider as 34-year-old Jorge Eduardo Velazquez Sosa of Oakland.<\/p>\n

When police officers first arrived, \u201cthey initiated life-saving measures until relieved by the Berkeley Fire Department,\u201d Berkeley police spokesperson Officer Byron White said in an email. The rider was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.<\/p>\n

More details on the exact circumstances of the crash were not immediately available.<\/p>\n

Featured image: Berkeleyside file photo<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex 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…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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