Crews cut through heavy brush to get to motorcyclist

A 58-year-old Sacramento man was identified as the person killed in a motorcycle crash in Placer County last week.Several passers-by found Alan Keith Porter laying next to a motorcycle, the California Highway Patrol said.Officials said the body and motorcycle were discovered around 10:30 a.m. Thursday in a remote, heavily wooded area about 16 miles down Mosquito Ridge Road.Fire crews used a chainsaw to cut through heavy brush about 300 feet off the roadway.It appears the wreckage and the victim had been there for quite some time, according to a CHP spokesman.

A 58-year-old Sacramento man was identified as the person killed in a motorcycle crash in Placer County last week.

Several passers-by found Alan Keith Porter laying next to a motorcycle, the California Highway Patrol said.


Officials said the body and motorcycle were discovered around 10:30 a.m. Thursday in a remote, heavily wooded area about 16 miles down Mosquito Ridge Road.

Fire crews used a chainsaw to cut through heavy brush about 300 feet off the roadway.

It appears the wreckage and the victim had been there for quite some time, according to a CHP spokesman.