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Motorcyclist Killed Was 70-Year-Old Man

Posted: Mar. 28, 2017 5:22 PM PDT

Some more details regarding the motorcyclist who was killed in the Rough and Ready area Monday afternoon. CHP Officer Greg Tassone says the victim, a 70-year-old local man, was northbound on Rough and Ready Highway approaching the intersection of Valley Drive, at about 45 miles an hour…

click to listen to Officer Tassone

Tassone says the motorcyclist went into a ditch and then struck a rock embankment. That caused him to be ejected and strike a wooden utility pole, where he died…

click to listen to Officer Tassone

The name of the man has still not been released.

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