A motorcyclist lost control in a Tortosa roundabout this morning after clipping a curb, skidding across the pavement.

The solo crash was reported at 9:47 a.m. at the intersection of Honeycutt Road and Costa Del Sol Boulevard. When InMaricopa arrived, the rider was lying on his back in the grass, helmet set aside, speaking with a police officer. Though shaken, he declined medical transport. According to Maricopa’s public safety spokesperson, Monica Williams, he suffered no major injuries, just road rash from laying the bike down.

The rider’s mother, who intercepted InMaricopa near the scene, said her son injured his arm. She declined to give her name but made her frustration clear. Standing beside the twisted motorcycle, she was asked whether the bike was totaled. 

“I don’t know, I’m not a f*cking mechanic,” she said. “I’m sorry, I’m just really upset. My son was just in a bad accident.” 

She glanced back toward him under the tree. From a distance, he looked as if he were only resting, not fresh from a wreck. 

Soon after, more family members arrived in a pickup truck. With the help of a Maricopa police officer and this reporter, they wrestled the mangled bike off the curb and into the truck bed, step by step.

When asked what happened, the rider explained it simply: He had taken the curve wide, and his tire clipped the curb. “It was bad,” he admitted, “but I’m alive, and my family’s here.” 

A passing cyclist slowed to watch, drawn by flashing lights and the gathered crowd.  

“This roundabout is dangerous for cyclists. People take it wide every day,” he said, before this reporter’s attention was pulled back to the wreck.  

Just a few minutes later, the police officer had gone, the family had secured the motorcycle remains and were preparing to head home, just a few blocks away in Tortosa.

Roundabouts have long tested Tortosa drivers’ patience — and their steering skills. Last summer, InMaricopa reported on dashcam video of a motorist going the wrong way through another neighborhood roundabout at Terragona Boulevard. The video made the rounds on social media, with locals roasting the move as “low-IQ activities” and proof Maricopa has “the worst drivers in the state.”