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KCSO: Motorcyclist killed in Ridgecrest crash identified

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RIDGECREST, Calif. (KERO) — The Kern County Sheriff's Office said a man who was killed May 6th when his motorcycle crashed with a Freightliner in Ridgecrest has been identified.

Mark A. Strother, 59, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was declared dead at the scene shortly before 3 p.m after a crash on I-395, north of Garlock Road, in Ridgecrest.



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