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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Clearlake man was injured on Sunday when police said he rode his motorcycle into the path of an oncoming car.
Firefighters were dispatched to the crash, which occurred in the 13000 block Morgan Avenue near Manakee Avenue, just before 12:15 p.m., according to radio reports.
When they got to the scene, Lake County Fire Protection District personnel reported finding one patient with major trauma and called for an air ambulance.
Clearlake Police Sgt. Dominic Ramirez said the crash victim, a Clearlake resident in his late 30s whose name was not released, was riding what appeared to be more like a motorized scooter than an actual motorcycle.
“He was basically cutting through a vacant lot into a roadway,” and went into the road and the path of an oncoming vehicle, Ramirez said.
The rider wasn't wearing a helmet, “Let alone the bike shouldn't have been on the road,” as Ramirez said it wasn't street legal.
Ramirez said the injured man was alert and talking to first responders at the scene.
REACH 18 initially was requested to land at St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake, with incident command subsequently asking the air ambulance to divert to Redbud Park.
The air ambulance lifted off shortly before 1 p.m. and transported the patient to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, according to radio reports.
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