LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A Lucerne man was seriously injured in a Friday motorcycle crash on Highway 20.
Joseph Ambrose, 31, was the motorcyclist injured in the wreck, the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office reported Monday.
The CHP said the crash occurred at about 3:15 p.m. Friday on Highway 20 at Crump Avenue in Nice.
Ambrose was riding a black and red 2004 Yamaha VXS1100 motorcycle westbound on Highway 20 as Paul McGrorey, 60, also of Lucerne, was driving a silver 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup eastbound, the CHP said.
McGrorey stopped in the double-left turn lane at the intersection with Crump Avenue, according to the report.
For reasons the CHP said are still under investigation, Ambrose laid down the Yamaha motorcycle.
The CHP said Ambrose was ejected from the motorcycle and collided with the Dodge pickup.
Ambrose sustained major injuries as a result of the collision and was life-flighted to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, the CHP said.
The investigating CHP officer determined Ambrose was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision. McGrorey, who was wearing his seat belt, was uninjured.
Neither alcohol nor drug usage is suspected, the CHP said.
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