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Van Nuys Metro Orange Line bus crash leaves motorcyclist dead

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A motorcyclist was killed Friday and his passenger critically injured in a collision involving a Metro Orange Line bus in the Van Nuys area.

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The crash was reported about  11 a.m. Friday on Hazeltine Avenue near Bessemer Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department.

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Information was not immediately available on the identity of the fatally injured man. According to the LAPD, a 10-year-old girl riding on the back of the motorcycle was critically injured and taken to a hospital.

The circumstances of the crash were under investigation.

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