35-year-old Ashley Elise Wallace was arrested on suspicion of DUI following the collision.
Santa Maria, CA. – 55-year-old William Batiste Jr. was the motorcyclist who died in a DUI collision Friday afternoon in Santa Maria, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Coroner's Bureau reported.
35-year-old Ashley Elise Wallace was arrested on suspicion of DUI following the collision.
According to the Santa Maria Police Department, the accident occurred around 5 p.m. in the 1900 block of South College Drive.
Authorities said Batiste Jr. was riding a motorcycle north on South College Drive when a car driven by Wallace exited from a parking lot into the roadway.
The motorcyclist collided with the car.
Batiste Jr., a resident of Santa Maria, was transported by American Medical Response to Marian Regional Medical Center with major injuries. He later died from his injuries at the hospital.
Wallace, also from Santa Maria, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Police officers arrested Wallace after determining that she was driving under the influence of marijuana at the time of the collision. The suspect was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
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Santa Maria, CA. – A motorcyclist died in a collision with a car Friday afternoon in Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Police Department reported.
The collision occurred around 5 p.m. in the 1900 block of South College Drive near Southside Parkway.
According to police, a male motorcyclist was traveling northbound when a car exited a parking lot into the roadway directly into the path of the rider.
The vehicles collided, causing the motorcyclist to be thrown onto the roadway.
The rider suffered serious injuries in the accident. AMR responded and transported the patient to Marian Regional Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries.
The female driver of the car sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Authorities are investigating the crash to determine the factors that led to the accident.
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