Headline Surfer photo illustration / Fine Line Between Life & Death: Victor Rafael Morales, 35, of Daytona Beach, was killed almost instantly at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 28, 2022, when he was thrown from his 2021 Kawasaki motorcycle in a collision with a 2015 Chevy Malibu driven by Kayvon Ulexus Brown, 24, also of Daytona. She was northbound on Caroline Street and entering the eastbound travel lanes of International Speedway with the motorcyclist heading east on ISB at that intersection with the Kawasaki colliding with the front driver's side of the car - causing him to be thrown off the bike and onto the roadway, according to Daytona Beach cops. Morales was not wearing a helmet.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Police have released the name of a 35-year-old Daytona Beach motorcyclist killed Monday in a collision with a car.
Victor Rafael Morales was identified as the biker killed almost instantly in the 5:30 p.m. crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Here is a synopsis of what led to the deadly crash as described by Daytona Beach Police in an email media alert to Headline Surfer: The Daytona Beach Police Department is investigating a traffic accident between a car and a motorcycle where the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by responding cops and paramedics.
DBPD cops responded to the intersection of Caroline Street and U.S. 92/West International Speedway Boulevard around 5:30 p.m. Monday in response to several 9-1-1 calls to Volusia County dispatch reporting the deadly crash.
A preliminary investigation shows that a white 2015 Chevrolet Malibu driven by a 24-year-old Daytona Beach woman, identified by cops as Kayvon Ulexus Brown, was heading north on Caroline when the vehicle entered the eastbound travel lanes of ISB. A black 2021 Kawasaki motorcycle heading east on ISB entered the intersection at the same time.
The front of the Kawasaki collided with the front driver’s side of the Chevrolet, leading to the motorcyclist – Victor Rafael Morales – being thrown from the bike. He landed on the road near the impact point and was pronounced dead by paramedics shortly after they arrived at the scene of the crash.
Morales was not wearing a helmet, Daytona Beach Police Pio Messod Bendayan told Headline Surfer. Brown, the driver of the Chevrolet, moved her car from the intersection after the accident and pulled over to the side of Keech Street, where she waited for police to arrive. She has been cooperating with investigators, the PIO said. She was not injured.
Morales was not wearing a helmet, Daytona Beach Police Pio Messod Bendayan told Headline Surfer. Brown, the driver of the Chevrolet, moved her car from the intersection after the accident and pulled over to the side of Keech Street, where she waited for police to arrive. She has been cooperating with investigators, the PIO said. She was not injured.
Both vehicles were towed from the scene to process for further evidence as part of this active and ongoing investigation. Charges, if any, have yet to be filed.
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