CLAREMONT – A motorcyclist was killed in a two-vehicle collision on the Foothill (210) Freeway in Claremont and an investigation of the crash is underway.

California Highway Patrol officers were called to the westbound freeway, just west of the Baseline Road exit at 10:09 p.m. Tuesday, where they found the motorcycle rider lying in the number one lane of the freeway, according to CHP Officer Sergio Garcia.

The victim was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital by paramedics from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, where they were pronounced dead, Garcia said.

The victim’s name, age and gender were not immediately known.

The CHP issued a SiglAert closing the HOV and the number one lanes of the freeway while they investigated the cause of the crash.

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