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Bayfield man, 37, dies in crash
Herald Staff Writer
Authorities Monday identified a 37-year-old Bayfield man who died in a motorcycle crash in Durango.
Eric Gomez was driving a 2009 Harley-Davidson Road King southbound on Camino del Rio when he lost control, struck a merge sign and collided with a guardrail, said Sgt. Ray Shupe with the Durango Police Department.
The accident occurred at 5:06 p.m. Sunday south of the DoubleTree Hotel, where U.S. Highway 160 merges with Camino del Rio.
Gomez was not wearing a helmet and died at the scene.
“The unfortunate thing was he wasn’t wearing a helmet,” Shupe said. “It was pretty severe trauma to the head.”
A witness told police speed played a factor in the accident and no other vehicles were involved. Police were trying to determine how fast Gomez was traveling.
An autopsy was performed Monday, and toxicology results were pending.
shane@durangoherald.com
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