Police identified the 22-year-old motorcyclist killed in a collision with a vehicle in Costa Mesa as Yasar Barakzai. Barakzai was identified by the Orange County Coroner’s Office Thursday.
Police and firefighters responded about 8:50 p.m. Tuesday to a traffic collision between Barakzai and the driver of a silver Nissan sedan on Fairview Road and Adams Avenue. The crash occurred as he was traveling northbound on Fairview Road and the Nissan driver was going westbound on El Camino Drive, which turns into Adams Avenue, the statement said.
Barakzai was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Nissan was not hurt and cooperated with investigators, police said.
CMPD’s Major Accident Investigation Team responded to determine the cause of the crash.
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