Update: Visalia man identified as victim in fatal motorcycle crash into tree in Fresno
A motorcyclist died after apparently accelerating from a stop at a Fresno intersection and crashing into a tree, police said Sunday afternoon.
The crash happened near Herndon and Blythe avenues, with a stretch of Herndon shut down as investigators worked the scene.
Fresno Police officers responded about 3 p.m. and found the man. He died after being taken to Community Regional Medical Center.
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“He was conscious; he was still alive,” Fresno Police Lt. Mark Hudson said, “however there were major injuries from the accident.”
No other vehicles were involved.
The victim was identified Monday by the Fresno County Coroner’s Office as Dennis Brown, 34, of Visalia.
It appeared Brown had stopped for a red light while going east on Herndon. When the light turned green, he accelerated at a “high rate of speed” and struck the tree, Hudson said.
Trees line the right shoulder just past the intersection, with more a short distance away along the median. A sidewalk and field, closed off by fencing, is farther up the right shoulder of Herndon where the motorcycle came to rest on its side.
Brown was wearing a helmet. The Police Department’s crash reconstruction unit was continuing its investigation.
Eastbound lanes of Herndon and the westbound turn lane off Herndon onto Blythe reopened about 6:30 p.m.
This story was originally published May 23, 2021 at 5:02 PM.
