Highway 1 at Pomponio State Beach reopened…
Highway 1 at Pomponio State Beach reopened after motorcycle collision
Motorcyclist jumped off bike before it collided with car at Pomponio State Beach
By Thy Vo | tvo@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: December 15, 2019 at 1:39 pm | UPDATED: December 15, 2019 at 6:12 pm
A motorcyclist has minor injuries after a crash that closed Highway 1 at Pomponio State Beach for two hours Sunday afternoon, according to authorities.
Just before 1:00 p.m., the motorcycle was traveling southbound on Highway 1 Sunday afternoon at nearly 100 miles per hour, when a Lexus pulled out of the parking lot of Pomponio State Beach, according to California Highway Patrol public information officer Art Montiel.
The motorcyclist was able to jump from his bike before it collided with the Lexus, Montiel said. The motorcycle driver was initially airlifted to Stanford Medical Center, but after examination was found to have just minor injuries.
"He was taken via helicopter to Stanford, but turns out he got lucky," said Montiel. "He had road rash."
The driver of the Lexus was not injured, Montiel said.
The Sheriff's Office sent an alert around 1:30 p.m. Sunday about the road closure while authorities cleaned up the debris. The highway reopened in both directions around 3:00 p.m.
Thy Vo
Thy Vo covers government in Santa Clara County and the city of Santa Clara for The Mercury News. She's a Southern California native and started her journalism career watchdogging local government in Orange County, California for the nonprofit news website Voice of OC.
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