NORTH COAST, Calif. – An Upper Lake man died late Friday night when he crashed his motorcycle along Highway 20 in Mendocino County.
The Ukiah Area office of the California Highway Patrol did not release the man’s name on Saturday pending the notification of kin.
The CHP said the crash occurred on Highway 20 west of Old Lake County Road near mile marker 41.43.
Just before 10:40 p.m. Friday the man, riding a green 2013 Kawasaki motorcycle, was traveling eastbound on Highway 20 at a high rate of speed that the CHP said was in excess of 100 miles per hour.
The CHP said that, for an unknown reason, the Kawasaki left the roadway and hit a reflector post.
The motorcycle then continued in an easterly direction, overturning multiple times, according to the CHP.
The rider and motorcycle then hit a rock pile south of the roadway, the CHP said.
The CHP said the man, who was using his safety equipment, was declared dead at the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the CHP.
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Upper Lake man killed in Friday motorcycle wreck
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