Motorcyclist killed after Santa Cruz high-speed crash

SANTA CRUZ — A 21-year-old Santa Cruz County man was killed Thursday evening in a solo motorbike crash on town’s Westside.

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  A girl who stated she rode bikes with the UC Santa Cruz pupil killed in a single-vehicle crash on Bay Avenue in Santa Cruz takes within the wreckage of the Triumph motorbike he was driving when he died Thursday. The motorbike ended its skid many yards from the place the person was ejected from the bike. Witnesses stated that he was touring at an especially excessive charge of velocity when he crashed. (Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  

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  Skid marks darken the Bay Avenue pavement as Santa Cruz Police Discipline Coaching Officer Forrest Crowell paperwork the scene of the deadly motorbike crash Thursday. (Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  

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  Bay Avenue is closed at Nobel Drive because the Santa Cruz Police Division investigated Thursday’s deadly crash. (Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  

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Police had been referred to as shortly after 5 p.m. to the intersection of Bay and Meder streets. Arriving Santa Cruz police and firefighters started lifesaving efforts on the motorcyclist. The person, recognized by the Santa Cruz County coroner’s workplace as Kyle Neil, nevertheless, died on the scene, based on Santa Cruz Police Division spokesperson Joyce Blaschke.

Crash onlookers Thursday recognized themselves to the Sentinel as mates of the crash sufferer, who they stated was a UC Santa Cruz pupil.

A preliminary police visitors investigation late Thursday revealed that Neil was touring at a excessive charge of velocity when he collided with a visitors signal on the intersection, Blaschke stated in a media launch.

This investigation was ongoing Friday.

Police are asking anybody who witnessed the crash or has extra data to name Santa Cruz Police Division Visitors Investigations Lt. Wes Morey at 831-420-5857 or e mail wmorey@cityofsantacruz.com. Nameless ideas will be despatched to the police division by way of its tip line at 831-420-5995, or on-line at santacruzpolice.com.