Motorcyclist Killed, Driver Arrested in 91 Freeway Crash

KTLA ~ A Torrance motorcyclist was killed in a chain reaction multi-vehicle crash in Cerritos early Wednesday morning, California Highway Patrol said.

Shortly after midnight, Luis Rivera Hernandez, 21, lost control of his Toyota Sienna and crashed with a concrete center divider on eastbound State Route 91, west of Pioneer Boulevard, CHP said.

The Toyota, left unoccupied and blocking the HOV lane, was stopped for about one minute before a Ford Expedition slammed into it and sideswiped it, authorities said.

A 29-year-old motorcyclist, Raymond Ruvalcaba, of Torrance, then crashed into the Toyota and was thrown off his motorcycle, CHP said.

Ruvalcaba was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.