A motorcyclist died in a car crash on Tucson’s east side Tuesday.
On Feb. 8, just before 5 p.m., Robert Daniel Rinehart was riding a 2020 Yamaha VMX17 motorcycle northbound on Kolb Road in the middle lane when he struck a 2011 Toyota Camry, which was making a left turn onto East Lakeside Drive.
Rinehart, 56, was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital with life-threatening injuries and died shortly after his arrival, Tucson police said.
He was speeding and was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, police said. Rinehart also did not have a valid motorcycle endorsement on his driver’s license.
The driver of the Camry, 39-year-old Katrina Lynn Cox’s, driver’s license was suspended at the time of the crash. She is facing a charge of causing death by use of vehicle, police said.
The investigation remains ongoing and detectives are attempting to determine if impairment was a factor.
