The deadly collision happened on Monday, February 17, 2025, at about 10:41 a.m. in the 6400 block of E Gila Ridge Road.
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Yuma, AZ – A 41-year-old man was killed after a motorcycle collided with a tractor-trailer on E Gila Ridge Road in Yuma Monday morning, according to the Yuma Police Department.
The deadly collision happened on Monday, February 17, 2025, at about 10:41 a.m. in the 6400 block of E Gila Ridge Road.
Yuma police said a 41-year-old man was riding a 2008 Yamaha V Star motorcycle heading westbound in the 6400 block of E Gila Ridge Road when he attempted to pass two vehicles in a No Passing Zone.
At the same time, a 2025 Peterbilt Tractor Trailer, operated by a 58-year-old male, also traveling westbound ahead of the motorcycle on Gila Ridge Road, began to make a lefthand turn into a business, and the motorcycle collided with it.
The motorcyclist was taken to Onvida Health where he later succumbed to his injuries. The victim’s name has not been released. No one else was injured in the incident
Yuma police speed appears to be a factor in the collision. It was not immediately clear if impairment was also a factor. The crash remains under investigation.