One person was killed in a motorcycle accident in Costa Mesa.

Details about the Fatal Motorcycle Accident

The OC Register is reporting that a 30-year-old man from Irvine who was killed in a motorcycle accident that happened on Wednesday has been identified. The man was involved in a collision with his motorcycle and an SUV near the intersection of Sunflower Avenue and Susan Street, which is in Costa Mesa, according to police.

Coroner’s officials have released the identity of the man as 30-year-old Sergey Zherebnenko, of Irvine.

Police have stated that the initially received the phone call reporting the accident at about 7:57 a.m., and a freelance photographer from the Orange County Register at the scene of the accident reported that the motorcycle that was involved in the collision, appeared to have been split in two.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, according to police.

Important Information about Motorcycle Accidents

According to the Insurance Information Institute, there are thousands of wrongful deaths of motorcyclists every year in the United States:

• There were a total of 4,586 people who were killed in motorcycle accidents in 2013.
• In 2014, there were a total of about 92,000 motorcyclists who were injured in motorcycle accidents.
• There were a total of about 8.4 million motorcycles on US roadways in 2013.