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Coroner IDs Dixon Motorcyclist Killed In I-80 Crash

The 53-year-old San Pablo police officer died in collision with truck and car near Vallejo. [Breaking]

SOLANO COUNTY, CA – The Solano County coroner's office has identified the motorcycle rider who died when he was struck by a big-rig this morning as William K. Zink, 53, of Dixon.

Zink, a San Pablo police officer, was riding west on a 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle between a Nissan Titan in one lane and a Freightliner truck with a flatbed trailer in another lane on Interstate Highway 80 around 6:25 a.m., the California Highway Patrol said.

Zink was ejected and struck by the big-rig after his motorcycle collided with the Nissan. He was pronounced dead at 6:45 a.m.

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