Ridgle was going southbound on Western Avenue when the motorcycle rear-ended a bus and struck the other vehicles.

Garden, CA. – The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner identified Ernest Ridgle, 54, of Moreno Valley as rider killed in rear-end collision at Western Avenue in Gardena Saturday evening.
The crash occurred at 6:10 p.m. October 5 at the intersection of Western Avenue and 139th Street, the Gardena Police Department reported.
Ridgle was going southbound on Western Avenue when the motorcycle rear-ended a bus and struck the other vehicles.
Ridgle died at the scene following the mishap.
Additional information about the crash was not available.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.