GOODYEAR, AZ (AZFamily) — A motorcyclist has died after colliding with a police patrol vehicle in the West Valley earlier this week.
According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, it happened just before noontime near Estrella Parkway and Van Buren Street as a Goodyear police SUV with lights and siren activated was responding to a call.
As the officer approached the intersection while the light was red, deputies say a motorcyclist, later identified as 38-year-old Jacob Vela, crashed into the front side of the patrol SUV…