Crime & Safety

Motorcyclist Hospitalized With Major Injuries in Sky Valley

 A 54-year-old motorcycle rider who took a curve too fast and crashed in the Sky Valley area today was taken to a hospital with what a California Highway Patrol officer called major injuries.

The accident on Thousand Palms Canyon Road, south of Dillon Road, occurred about 1:30 p.m., CHP Officer Mike Radford said.

The accident occurred "due to the motorcycle's unsafe speed while traveling in a curve" and the Kawasaki he was riding went off the west side of the road, he said.

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The injured rider was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center, Radford said.

–City News Service.

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