From the Los Gatos Patch:
http://losgatos.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/los-gatos-motorcyclist-dies-in-fatal-crash"The victim has been identified by the Santa Cruz County coroner's office as Alan Yelensky.
At about 1 p.m. Wednesday, Yelensky was riding a 2014 Zero motorcycle south on Granite Creek Road near Blair Ranch Road south of Scotts Valley when he collided with a northbound Ford F-250 truck, California Highway Patrol Officer Leland Adkins said.
The collision caused Yelensky to be ejected from the motorcycle, and he landed about 15 feet down an embankment, Adkins said.
Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. The driver of the truck was not injured, Adkins said.
One of the two vehicles had apparently crossed over the double-yellow line that separates the two lanes on Granite Creek, Adkins said."
The article ends with what sounds like breezy ad copy for Zero, tackily irrelevant writing, IMHO.
I'm sad tonight for Alan's family and friends. I'm 70 and this hits home.
I know a lot of riders that cross the DY when they feel they can see ahead sufficiently. I've always been trained that it's a very bad habit to get into because you're training your mind/body to follow a line though the curves that may instantly be unavailable to you. Of course here, we don't know who crossed. Let's be careful out there.
