18-year-old Loveland man killed in motorcycle accident Saturday – Loveland Reporter-Herald

An 18-year-old Loveland man was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a parked car over the weekend. Although the Larimer County Coroner’s Office has not officially identified the man, his sister spoke about his love of his hobbies and his life in Loveland.

Just after 2 a.m. Saturday, the Loveland Emergency Communication Center received a call reporting a vehicle accident at the intersection of North Garfield Avenue and East 29th Street, according to a news release from the Loveland Police Department Tuesday morning; The department did not release any information about the crash before Tuesday’s release.

When officers arrived on scene, they discovered an 18-year-old Loveland man riding a black Suzuki motorcycle south on Garfield and speeding as he approached the intersection of Garfield and Buchanan Avenues. to negotiate the curve to the southeast. According to the press release, the driver of the motorcycle lost control and crashed into a parked car in the parking lot of an adjacent 7-Eleven supermarket. The force of the impact threw the motorcycle into the north side of the building.

The motorcyclist was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident but was pronounced dead at the scene, the statement added. The occupants of the parked car he struck in the crash suffered minor injuries but were treated at the scene and released.

A preliminary investigation has determined that while speed was a factor in the crash, alcohol was not a factor, the release said. The LPD Collision Reconstruction and Scene Handling team responded to the scene of the accident, leading to a four-hour investigation that resulted in the closure of a southbound lane on Garfield Avenue.

While the news release added that the coroner’s office will release the man’s identity at a later date, Shaleene Shates confirmed to the Reporter-Herald that her brother, Michael Shates, was the motorcyclist killed in the crash.

Shates said she and her brother are originally from Lodi, California, where she still lives. She said that after her father’s death in 2014, her brother lived in various places for a time, including with their grandmother. She said he lived with her before moving to Loveland last May, but when she ran into financial difficulties, he moved to Loveland and moved in with a friend he had met through online gambling over the past decade.

Shates said her brother was “a real ladies’ man” with a wonderful sense of humor and a love of fishing, playing video games with his friends and enjoying his favorite foods: chili mac, cheese and tacos. She said that while in Loveland he worked toward becoming a traveling nurse.

She also said that her sons, his nephews, were incredibly fond of him.

“He was a good boy,” she said. “Although he was treated harshly in his early childhood, he did the best he could with what he had.”

Anyone who observed the motorcycle before the crash, saw the crash or has other information about the incident was asked to call the LPD hotline at 970-962-2032 or Larimer County Crime Stoppers at 970-221-6868.