A motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a car at a busy Gardena intersection. The crash occurred around 6:55 p.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2026, at Marine Avenue and Western Avenue, sending the rider to a nearby trauma center where he later died. The driver of the other vehicle stopped at the scene and cooperated with responding officers. Gardena police are still working to determine what led to the crash.
According to MyNewsLA.com, the motorcycle collided with a Lexus ES300 at the intersection, and Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics transported the rider to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The outlet reported that the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified the victim as 27-year-old Daniel Zaragoza Salcedo. Gardena Police Department Traffic Bureau investigators, including Sgt. V. Gomez and Investigator J. Zamudio, are asking anyone with information about the crash to come forward. The cause of the collision had not been publicly determined as of the coroner’s announcement.
