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UPDATED: Authorities Identify Motorcyclist Killed in ACH Crash

Motorcycle went over the side of the highway Saturday.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE (CNS) -

UPDATE, 1:35 p.m.: A motorcyclist from the San Fernando Valley was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the Angeles Crest Highway, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday.

The motorcyclist was identified as Dan Cretu, 38, of Valley Village, according to a department statement.

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The bike went over the side of the canyon road about 4 miles north of the Foothill (210) Freeway, and crashed into the Angeles National Forest entry sign. He flew off the 2012 Aprilia and came to a rest on the dirt and grass slope below the road.

Paramedics airlifted Cretu to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, where he was pronounced dead.

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PREVIOUSLY: An autopsy was pending today on a motorcycle rider killed in a crash on the Angeles Crest Highway.

The rider went down about 4 miles north of the Foothill (210) Freeway, near Mile Marker 27.65, about 11:20 a.m. Saturday and was declared dead at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, according to the California Highway Patrol.

No other information was made available. The man's name was unavailable early today.

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