This locally written article in the
Plumas News has local commentary, and even people who attended the accident. Please disregard the inevitable insensitive comments.
More details here. The accident was on the "Oro-Quincy Hwy, near Bucks Lake, west of Bucklin Road". I believe this would actually be Bucks Lake Road at Bucklin Road
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Bucks Lake Road is a fantastic motorcycle road with technical decreasing radius turns, and has had new pavement within the last three years. The sharp right to left turn (eastbound) just southwest of the named intersection is one of those decreasing turns, where the road opens up a bit out of the lower canyon. The road entering the apex of that turn from the south is dirt and gravel and may have contributed. Streetview of the intersection shows the culvert off the road.
"Bugnator" (Doug) and others in the area can probably get first-hand details if you want to send a PM. This is also in the jurisdiction of the
Valley Division CHP. I'm sure the CHP officer can be reached or a report obtained.
Sorry for your loss. Here are some of the reports:
Feather Publishing
7/9/2014
A 62-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident Tuesday, July 8, near Bucks Lake.
According to the California Highway Patrol, Blair David Imrie, of Goldstream, British Columbia, was killed after he crashed his bike on a curve.
The accident took place just after noon on the Oro Quincy Highway, west of Bucklin Road.
Imrie was riding his Kawasaki motorcycle eastbound and was attempting to negotiate a right-to-left curve. According to the CHP report, he was traveling too fast for the road conditions and drove into a ditch.
Imrie was unable to regain control before driving into a culvert drainage and hitting a rock embankment.
Imrie was ejected and the motorcycle came to rest on top of him.
Passing motorists and friends Imrie was riding with performed CPR. Shortly afterward, a Forest Service fire truck with firefighters stopped and assisted with CPR.
Attempts to revive Imrie were unsuccessful.
And Here
Former RCMP employee dies in California accident
Coldstream resident Blair Imrie died in a motor vehicle accident in California Tuesday.
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Staff at the Vernon RCMP detachment are remembering a respected colleague.
Blair Imrie, 62, died in a motor vehicle accident in northern California Tuesday. He was a retired RCMP officer and had been the city’s records manager at the local detachment between 1999 and 2012.
“The mood at the detachment is very sombre especially among the people who worked with him every day,” said Gord Molendyk, RCMP spokesperson.
Because of his career experience, Imrie was someone detachment staff turned to for advice.
“He was very knowledgeable,” said Molendyk.
According to the City of Vernon, Imrie’s wife and two daughters, who are both RCMP employees, are receiving support from family and friends.
At about 12:14 p.m. Tuesday, Imrie was driving his Kawasaki motorcycle eastbound on the Oro Quincy Road Highway, near Quincy, Calif.
According to the California Highway Patrol, Imrie was attempting to negotiate a right to left curve when he went on to the gravel shoulder and into a ditch. From there, he ultimately went into a culvert drainage and collided with a rock embankment.
Imrie was thrown from the motorcycle and the vehicle fell on top of him.
“Some passing citizens and his friends stopped and lifted the Kawasaki off Imrie,” states a release from the California Highway Patrol.
“His friends immediately started CPR on Imrie due to his lack of pulse. Shortly after, a Forest Service fire truck with firefighters stopped and assisted with CPR. After several minutes of CPR, Imrie was unable to be revived and succumbed to his injuries.”
Police believe speed may have been a factor in the accident.
