Motorcyclist killed on Highway 371 identified as Palm Springs man

ANZA (CNS) - A motorcyclist killed when he lost control of his bike on Highway 371 and tumbled down a hillside just east of Anza was identified today as a 79-year-old Palm Springs man. Charles Farrell was fatally injured about 3 p.m. Wednesday just east of Burnt Valley Road and less than a mile west of Highway 79, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officer Matt Napier told City News Service that Farrell was headed west on the 371 when his 2012 Harley Davidson Electra overturned, ejecting him onto the pavement. ``Mr. Farrell traveled in a southerly direction, across the eastbound lane and the asphalt shoulder, then down a steep descending embankment,'' Napier said. The Harley came to rest along the shoulder of the eastbound lane and a passing motorist spotted it, immediately st
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