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Uploaded: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 11:29 AM
Updated: Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 3:07 PM
Motorcyclist killed in collision
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The Santa Clara County coroner's office has identified the motorcyclist in a fatal motorcycle collision in Mountain View Monday night.
The collision was reported at 5:12 p.m. Nov. 26 on southbound state Highway 85 near the Central Expressway. The coroner's office identified the motorcyclist as Mitsutoshi Nakahara, 41, of Sunnyvale, and said that multiple blunt force injuries were the cause of death.
Nakahara's 2004 Triumph motorcycle collided with a 2011 Mini Cooper there and the motorcycle went down and caught fire, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The fire was put out quickly, but the motorcyclist was killed in the collision.
Multiple lanes of the highway were blocked for hours while CHP officers investigated.
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Posted by Kate, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood, on Nov 27, 2012 at 2:24 pm I was in my car approaching the Grant Rd & 237 intersection enroute to do a chore near Rengstorff and Charleston. Was debating taking Hyway 85 N to 101 or ECR N. When radio announced this fatality accident. I cringed and immediately chose to avoid driving past the accident scene so I took ECR route.
For a moment or two I was suddenly so sad. The image of the accident seemed vivid to me.
Motorcycles are fun I guess but they are so dangerously exposed if something goes wrong.
Best wishes to the famiy and friends of this biker. A BMW rider hardly sounds like a Hell's Angel antisocial menace.
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Posted by Otto Maddox, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Nov 27, 2012 at 2:39 pm Kate: According to the story it was a Triumph, not a BMW. Not sure what the make of the motorcycle has to do with anything.
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Posted by dan, a resident of another community, on Nov 28, 2012 at 6:19 pm We knew this guy, he was definitely not the antisocial menace type. Very nice guy. This is really tragic.
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Posted by Doug, a resident of another community, on Nov 29, 2012 at 4:27 pm I heard the accident happen in front of me probably 8 to 10 cars away since i had to leave early that day. It looked as if the motorcyclist was between lanes or in the carpool lane and collided with the back of the mini which appeared to have light to moderate damage which was surprising based on the noise. The bike was on fire as I passed on the right. I pulled over to call 911 but I saw several others on their phones and a couple guys running to the scene. I was so sorry to hear about the rider since I ride my bike on that route often. It looked to me to be no ones fault but rather one of those split second accidents where the rider couldn't react in time to a lane change while splitting lanes. A very terrible thing to happen.
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Posted by Friend, a resident of another community, on Nov 29, 2012 at 6:02 pm Michi was a friend of mine and was very beloved by many. He was a social worker who dedicated his life to helping other people. He was also a talented musician and much more. He had an amazing soul. I doubt we will ever know anyone else like him, he was truly a person I was blessed to know. May he rest in peace.
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