Motorcyclist Killed In I-580 Crash Identified

LIVERMORE, CA — A motorcyclist who was killed in a collision on eastbound Interstate Highway 580 in Livermore on Saturday afternoon was identified by the Alameda County coroner's bureau as 54-year-old Douglas Bobbitt of Oakland. California Highway Patrol Officer Derek Reed said that around 3 p.m. Bobbitt was traveling in the fast lane on I-580 near the Greenville Road exit at speeds of more than 90 mph when he suddenly went all the way over to the slow lane, lost control, swerved into the number four lane and rear-ended a GMC Sierra.

Reed said Bobbitt's motorcycle then ended up back in the slow lane where it caused another motorcyclist to lose control and crash.Bobbitt was pronounced dead at the scene and the other motorcyclist was taken to a trauma center with major injuries, Reed said.

No other injuries were reported. The collision resulted in the closure of three of the highway's
five eastbound lanes. The lanes were reopened to traffic one-by-one over a period of a few hours.

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