Woman on e-bike hits curb in Huntington Beach, suffers fatal injuries

Police in Huntington Beach Monday were investigating the death of a 62-year-old Westminster woman who was fatally injured when she hit a curb while riding an e-bike.

The crash was reported at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Warner Avenue and Brightwater Drive, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department.

Officers called to the scene found the woman unconscious in the roadway. Paramedics took her to a hospital but she did not survive her injuries.

“Based on the preliminary investigation, it appears the bicyclist was traveling eastbound on Warner Avenue east of Brightwater Drive in the bicycle lane when she struck the raised concrete curb and fell,” according to the police department’s news release.

The department’s Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team is assigned to the case and anyone who may have witnessed the collision or what led up to it was urged to contact HBPD Traffic Investigator Vishal Rattanchandani at (714) 536-5231.