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The California Highway Patrol logo seal badge. (California Highway Patrol via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 10/26/26 — A person died Sunday night when a motorcycle and another vehicle collided on southbound U.S. Highway 101 near the Highway 253 on-ramp, south of Ukiah, according to the California Highway Patrol’s dispatch log and confirmed by the desk officer.

By 8:25 p.m., dispatchers logged a motorcycle-versus-vehicle crash. The motorcycle, a Harley-Davidson, was in the middle of the lanes with its rider. At 8:31 p.m., an officer at the scene reported a death.

All southbound lanes were closed by 8:38 p.m. About eight minutes later, officers began easing traffic through one lane. All lanes reopened at 10:59 p.m.

The log doesn’t identify the person who died or say what caused the crash.

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