PALMDALE – A man riding a motorcycle was killed Thursday night in a collision with a Dodge Durango on state Route 138 , authorities said.
Arthur Appleby, 55, of Lancaster was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which was reported around 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, on state Route 138 near 245th Street West, according to a California Highway Patrol report.
Investigators determined the driver of the Durango, identified as Abigail Lua, 23, of Palmdale, was traveling eastbound on Route 138 when she veered over the double yellow lines and collided with Appleby’s motorcycle, which was traveling westbound, the CHP report states.
Appleby was ejected over a concrete bridge wall and collided with a metal/barbed wire fence on the northeast dirt shoulder near the California Aqueduct, the CHP said.
After the collision, Lua veered to the left, then back to the right where she drove off the south shoulder and landed down an embankment just east of the Aqueduct. She was taken to a hospital with major injuries, the CHP said.
A preliminary investigation found that drugs or alcohol did not appear to be factors in the collision.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
*City News Service contributed to this report.
–
Cheryl says
RIP Art. ❤️ Your cousin
sharon Krause says
ART,
WE MISS YOU!!! YOU ARE IN THE HANDS OF GOD NOW!! YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT WE WILL MEET IN HEAVEN. YOUR SON WILL BE OK. NOW YOU HAVE A POWERFUL SPOT IN HEAVEN AND ABLE TO BLESS YOUR FAMILY WITH YOUR SPIRIT. YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. YOUR SON HAS YOUR SPARK. LIFE WILL BE SO DIFFERENT FOR HIM. ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WONDER WHY THIS HAPPENED TO HIM. WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOU IN OUR HEARTS. THIS IS A LESSON FOR SOMEONE WHO TOOK A AWESOME MANS LIFE AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS GOLDEN LIFE. HIS KINDNESS AND HAPPY FACE AND THE FUN WE ALL HAD IN THE YESTERDAYS WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED.
REST IN PEACE THE RIDER IN THE SKY MY FRIEND ART!!!!
Christina w says
Omg…. that’s so crazy RIP art u were always a great man
Jip Joe says
Likely on her phone. But then, it is a dodge, the most unreliable vehicle make made, so perhaps mechanical.
Angela Adams says
Was the young girl texting or using her phone?
She killed a poor unsuspecting motorcyclist who has a son and didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to him or anyone else HE loves.
Devastating!!!
Mimi says
Speed or Texting,
or BOTH?
MR. APPLEBY
R.I.P.
Traffic Control says
“Investigators determined the driver of the Durango, identified as Abigail Lua, 23, of Palmdale, was traveling eastbound on Route 138 when she veered over the double yellow lines…”
Power texting.