Keith Ellsworth McKinley, 57, in motorcycle crash on Greenback Lane near I-80 in Sacramento, California
Sacramento man ID’d by coroner in motorcycle crash
The crash occurred about 1 a.m. when McKinley was riding a 2015 Harley-Davidson motorcycle westbound on Greenback Lane, approaching the onramp to westbound Interstate 80. The motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed in the right lane, when McKinley lost control and the motorcycle struck the west curb of the onramp, according to a California Highway Patrol news release. He was ejected from the motorcycle and struck a light pole.
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