The police havn't made an statements on fault yet, but all the witnesses said that she ran a light and turned right in front of him.
Another case of a driver never even seeing the bike coming.
My uncle was killed while riding a motorcycle under much the same circumstances as we see here. It was during the late 60's and I don't know if he wore a helmet.
My husband got a motorcycle (and helmet) awhile back. I knew he would do his best to be safe, but you just can't count on other people to be. Within a few months, while edging over to the side of a narrow road to accomodate a car, the front wheel slipped off the asphalt and my husband crashed.
He simply fell off the bike, at a relatively low rate of speed and mostly onto grass. He broke his wrist and elbow and suffered minor cuts and bruises.
I hate to imagine the damage if a car had been involved or had he been on a highway. He rode the bike once more and then got rid of it.