UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office has identified the Upper Lake man killed in a motorcycle crash on Highway 20 last week.
Jeffery Allen Smith, 41, was the victim in the crash, according to Capt. Greg Van Patten.
The crash that took Smith’s life occurred just before 10:40 p.m. Friday on Highway 20 west of Old Lake County Road near mile marker 41.43, as Lake County News has reported.
The Ukiah Area office of the California Highway Patrol said Smith was traveling eastbound on Highway 20 at a high rate – believed to be in excess of 100 miles per hour – when he and the motorcycle went off the road and hit a reflector post.
The motorcycle overturned multiple times before the bike and Smith hit a rock pile south of the roadway, according to the CHP report.
The Ukiah Area CHP told Lake County News on Wednesday that the crash remains under investigation, and that there was no new information about what had led to the wreck.
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Officials identify Upper Lake man killed in motorcycle wreck
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