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Josue Ochoa, 21, killed in motorcycle crash with car on Leland Road in Pittsburg, California

Modified Date: 
Tue, 12/05/2017 - 10:53am
Accident Date: 
Saturday, August 1, 2015

Pittsburg: Motorcyclist who died in crash identified

PITTSBURG -- A motorcyclist who died in a crash early Saturday morning was identified Monday as 21-year-old Josue Ochoa, of Pittsburg. Police provided only scant details of the crash, which occurred around 8:55 a.m. at Leland Road near Commerce Drive. The crash shut down Leland Road between Century Boulevard and Gladstone Drive for several hours. According to police, the motorcyclist hit a car as it made a U-turn. Ochoa was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Type: Motorcycle Accident
People Involved: 
Josue Ochoa
Roadway: 
Leland Road
City: 
Pittsburg, CA
County: 
Contra Costa County, CA
Area: 
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

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