Crime & Safety
Motorcyclist Killed in Sun Valley is Identified
By City News Service
A motorcyclist killed in a crash in Sun Valley was a Los Angeles resident, the coroner's office said Monday.
The motorcyclist was Robert Nathaniel Diaz, 33, of Los Angeles, said coroner's Lt. Joe Bale.
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Diaz was riding a 2012 Triumph Bonneville motorcycle northbound on Tujunga Avenue near Valerio Street when he struck the passenger side of a 1986 Toyota Corolla making a left turn from southbound Tujunga Avenue to eastbound Valerio Street around 6 p.m. Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. He died at the scene.
The driver of the Toyota, a 47-year-old North Hollywood man, was not injured. He was the car's lone occupant.
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Anyone who saw the crash was asked to call the LAPD's Valley Traffic Division at (818) 644-8021.
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