An elderly man riding a motorcycle

died this afternoon when he collided head-on with a vehicle driven

by a teenager on a curve in a community in the municipality of Guasave.

The Citizen Security Secretariat reported that the victim’s life was named Herodes

N., 50 years old, a resident of Orba, who died instantly.

The accident occurred on the afternoon of Saturday,

June 21, on the state highway that connects the municipality of Nio to

Bamoa, near the community of Orba, part of the municipality of Bamoa Pueblo.

The information establishes that the victim was riding a red and white Italika

FT 125 motorcycle, model 2024, when, as he was passing through the curve in the

Orba community, he collided head-on with a gold Ford Focus vehicle, model 2001.

The impact hit the driver’s side headlight,

causing the motorcyclist to be thrown and fall against the windshield.

He then hit the pavement where he came to rest.

Although Red Cross paramedics arrived at the scene minutes later,

nothing could be done to save his life; he is presumed dead instantly.