CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Local officials have released the names of two people killed in a Saturday night motorcycle crash on Highway 20.
The victims of the crash were Joanne Kempton, 60, and Kenneth Norman Kempton, 62, of Rio Linda, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The fatal wreck occurred on Highway 20 at new New Long Valley Road east of Clearlake Oaks just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The couple died after their 1998 Harley-Davidson motorcycle hit a steel guard rail, the CHP said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The CHP report indicated that unsafe speed was a primary factor in the fatal wreck. Both Joanne and Kenneth Kempton were wearing helmets.
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