Motorcyclist Killed on Angeles Forest Highway North of La Cañada Flintridge

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE, CA - The coroner's office Sunday released the name of a Canyon Country man killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and struck a guardrail on Angeles Forest Highway south of the Monte Cristo Campground and north of La Cañada-Flintridge.

He was 31-year-old Alfredo Jimenez-Lopez, said coroner's Lt. Larry Dietz. An autopsy was pending.

The crash was reported at 11:25 a.m. Sunday, according to California Highway Patrol Officer S. Vandecar.

The driver was northbound on Angeles Forest Highway on a 2005 Yamaha R6, Vandecar said.

"The Yamaha was traveling in excess of the maximum speed limit of 55 mph on a two-lane, undivided mountainous highway," Vandecar said. "The driver of the Yamaha failed to negotiate a left-hand curve in the roadway and traveled onto the east dirt shoulder. The motorcycle and rider collided into a guardrail."

Jimenez-Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene, the officer said.

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