Man, 32, Dies After Crashing Motorcycle In South Sacramento

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A 32-year-old Sacramento man was killed in a motorcycle crash in south Sacramento Tuesday night, authorities say.

According to California Highway Patrol, the crash happened just after 8 p.m. near 45th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

It appears the motorcyclist was heading northbound on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard when, for an unknown reason, he left the east roadside edge and went up onto a concrete curb. The rider then crashed into a pole and was ejected.

Medics pronounced the rider dead at the scene, CHP says.

The name of the rider has not been released at this point.

Officers are continuing to investigate the crash.