Motorcycle crash claims life
by Lenny Roberts

Excessive speed has apparently claimed the life of a Camarillo motorcyclist who died Saturday on Santa Ana Road near the entrance to Lake Casitas.
California Highway Patrol investigators said that Alan Daniel Black, 26, lost control of his 2001 Suzuki before it failed to negotiate a right-hand curve at an estimated 80 mph.
The southbound Suzuki overturned in the northbound lane, fully ejecting Black, who slid along the road before coming to rest on the east side of the highway as the motorcycle slid into a tree.
Ventura County Fire Department members reportedly gave Black cardiopulmonary resuscitation prior to Ojai Life Line paramedics transporting him to the Ojai Valley Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 12:17 p.m. by Dr. Elizabeth Patterson.
County Deputy Coroner Mike Feiler indicated that the cause of death was due to major trauma to Black's head and chest, and authorities said that he was wearing a helmet at the time of the 10:50 a.m. crash.
CHP Officer Frank Paramo, lead investigator, is asking anyone who witnessed the accident to call him at 477-4714.

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