Motorcyle Fatality

NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION

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DECEDENT'S NAME:  Withheld        ;   CASE #: C-1223-08
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Bakersfield      &n bsp;   AGE: 47 years old
TYPE OF CASE: Traffic Accident
DATE OF INCIDENT: 05/30/2008      &nb sp;   TIME: 1943
LOCATION: Granite Road, 1 mile south of State Route 155, Glennville,CA
DATE OF DEATH: 05/30/2008      &nb sp;  TIME: 2241
PLACE OF DEATH: Kern Medical Center Emergency Room
INVESTIGATING AGENCY: California Highway Patrol

Details: The decedent was the helmeted operator of a motorcyle that was traveling south on Granite Road.  For an unknown reason, he lost control of the motorcycle and crashed.  He was airlifted to Kern Medical Center where he later died. 

Comments:  The name is being withheld at this time pending notification of next of kin.