Crime & Safety

Update: Gilroy Man Collides With Bus After Losing Control of Motorcycle Near Mill Valley

The CHP closed the freeway between Panoramic Highway and Muir Woods Road at 1:44 p.m. while waiting for a tow truck to remove the damaged motorcycle, the CHP said.


By Bay City News

A Gilroy man lost control of his motorcycle and struck a bus on state Highway 1 in Marin County on Sunday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Rafael Cebrero, a 64-year-old Gilroy resident, was riding his 2000 Yamaha V-Star motorcycle north on Highway 1 south of Pacific Way in West Marin around 1:20 p.m., CHP Officer Andrew Barclay said.

For reasons that remain unclear, Cebrero lost control and veered into the southbound lane, where he struck the left rear side of a southbound Marin County Transit bus.

Cebrero fell on to his right side, back into the northbound lane, and the driver stopped and exited the bus to help him, Barclay said.

No one on the bus, which was carrying around 35 passengers, was injured. Cebrero, who was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was taken to Marin General Hospital with minor injuries.

The road was closed between Panoramic Highway and Muir Woods Road

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