Crime & Safety

Coroner IDs Motorcyclist Killed Thursday On Moffett

Witnesses to the crash near Hwy 237/85 are asked to call police.

The Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office has identified the motorcyclist who died in a collision with a car in Mountain View Thursday morning as Gilroy resident Karl Holladay.

Holladay, 24, died at a hospital after the collision, which occurred on southbound Moffett Boulevard just south of state Highway 85 at about 11 a.m., according to police spokesman Sgt Saul Jaeger. The driver of the car involved in the collision did not suffer any injuries and cooperated with investigators, police said. Police said neither drugs nor alcohol appear to have been involved in the collision.

Police closed Moffett Boulevard until just after 5 p.m. as officers investigated the collision, according to police. Police said the cause of the collision is still under investigation.

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Anyone who witnessed the collision is being asked to get in touch with Mountain View police Lt. Mike Canfield at (650) 903-6681 regarding case number 15-2895.

--Bay City News/Image via Mountain View Police Department./

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