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Motorcyclist leading funeral procession crashes on 60 Freeway

By Corina Knoll

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A motorcyclist crashed Saturday while escorting a funeral procession on the 60 Freeway in the City of Industry, authorities said.

The procession was headed east and near the Fullerton Road exit about 10:45 a.m. when the motorcyclist hit another another vehicle and lost control of his bike, California Highway Patrol Officer Ed Jacobs said.

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The motorcyclist was conscious but suffered a concussion, according to the CHP incident log.

He was taken by helicopter to a trauma center. His name and age were not available. No other injuries were reported.

A SigAlert was issued for the area and two lanes were closed.

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-- Corina Knoll

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Corina Knoll

Corina Knoll is a former reporter for the Metro section of the Los Angeles Times. She was on the team that investigated corruption in Bell — which led to the paper’s 2011 Pulitzer Prize for public service — and went on to cover the trials of the city’s former officials. She later contributed to the paper’s coverage of the San Bernardino terror attack that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news. As a regional reporter, she wrote features about the San Gabriel Valley and the Westside. During her courts beat, she covered high-profile criminal cases and civil disputes, including the Jackson family vs AEG and Bryan Stow vs LA Dodgers. She and two colleagues investigated sheriff’s deputies whose histories of misconduct landed them on the department’s top-secret Brady list. She left The Times in January 2019. Raised in the Midwest, she is a graduate of Macalester College.

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