Crime & Safety
Man Killed in Saturday Motorcycle Crash Identified
The San Bruno man was traveling south early Saturday on Highway 101 in San Francisco toward Interstate 80 when he crashed and was thrown from his motorcycle.
A 27-year-old man who was on Saturday has been identified as Michael Butler, of San Bruno, according to the San Francisco medical examiner's office.
The CHP first received a report of a motorcyclist hitting the center divide of Highway 101 at 1:10 a.m., CHP officials said.
Traffic proceeded slowly past the collision before the CHP shut down the on-ramps at Van Ness Avenue and at Octavia Boulevard for about 90 minutes during the investigation.
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The investigation indicated that Butler struck a catwalk on the east side of the freeway and was thrown from the motorcycle. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, he was riding a 2008 Suzuki sport bike at an unknown speed.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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