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MEDIA RELEASE
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Govt. Code Sect 6254(f)
ursuant to Cal G
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Citrus Heights Poliice Departmentt
PIO Anthony Boe
ehle
aboehle@citrushe
eights.net
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Phone: (916) 727--5500
315 Fountain Sq
quare Drive
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Citrus Heights, C
CA 95621
Fatal Collision
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Involvin
ng a Vehhicle andd Motorccycle
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__________________________________________________ 04/02/2017 – The Citrus Heightss Police Department is innvestigating a fatal motoorcycle collission
on Green
nback Lane. The collisio
on involved a motorcycl e traveling w
westbound oon Greenbackk
Lane and
d a vehicle making
m
a left turn from eaastbound Grreenback Lanne to northbbound Fountaain
Square Drive.
D
The motorcycle
m
riider was pro
onounced decceased at thee scene.
Greenbacck Lane is cllosed eastbound at Brook
khaven Drivve and westbbound at Sann Juan Avenuue.
Peoria Drive and Fou
untain Squarre Drive are closed at Grreenback Lanne.
2/2017 at app
proximately 6:32 p.m., The
T Citrus H
Heights Policce Departmeent received
On 04/02
several 911
9 calls regaarding a colllision involv
ving a vehiclle and a motoorcycle at G
Greenback Laane at
Fountain
n Square Driv
ve. Upon offficers’ arriv
val, the motorrcyclist was found unressponsive in tthe
roadway,, having been ejected fro
om the motorcycle. Officcers immediiately began lifesaving
efforts un
ntil relieved by Sac Metrro Fire. Sac Metro Fire arrived withhin momentss and the
motorcycclist was pro
onounced decceased at thee scene.
The causse of the colllision is bein
ng investigated by the Ciitrus Heightss Police Deppartment’s Trraffic
Unit. Thee driver of th
he involved vehicle
v
is co
ooperating w
with the policce investigattion. The ideentity
of the mo
otorcyclist iss being withh
held pending
g the notificaation of nextt of kin by thhe Sacramennto
County Coroner’s
C
Offfice.
Any witn
nesses to the collision aree encouraged to contact the Citrus H
Heights Policce Departmeent at
(916) 727
7-5500. The Citrus Heig
ghts Police Department
D
w
wants to rem
mind all driveers to be atteentive
to the roaadway and other
o
motorissts, especiallly motorcyclles, since waarmer weatheer will meann
more mo
otorcycling enthusiasts on
n the road.
MR#17
7‐022 ### Author: PIO Anthony B
Boehle CITRUS HEIGHT
C
TS POLICE DEPPARTMENT RONALD A. LAW
R
WRENCE, Chieef of Police 1