Woman driving 155 mph before deadly motorcycle crash on US 60 in Mesa, docs say

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — An 18-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a deadly motorcycle crash that happened on a Mesa highway earlier this month. Investigators believe 18-year-old Rachel Nicole Berg was driving over 150 miles per hour before the collision that killed 46-year-old Michael Clark.

Just after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, a 2024 Chevrolet Corvette rear-ended a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the eastbound HOV lane of US 60 near Dobson Road. Troopers say Clark then hit the concrete wall and was thrown from his bike.

Berg pulled over and tried to perform CPR, but Clark died at the scene. She reportedly told troopers that she tried to stop when she spotted the motorcycle but couldn’t slow down in time.

According to court documents, investigators were granted a warrant the next day to download information from the Corvette’s airbag control module. The data showed the Corvette was traveling at a speed of 155 mph five seconds before the crash and 87 miles per hour at the time of the collision with Clark’s motorcycle.

Berg was arrested on Monday and booked on one count of reckless manslaughter.

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