Off-Duty California Officer Killed in Motorcycle Collision

Officer Kevin McArthur of the Soledad (CA) Police Department was killed in a motorcycle collision while off duty.

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February 27, 2020

Off-Duty California Officer Killed in Motorcycle Collision

Officer Kevin McArthur died in a motorcycle crash.

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McArthur was thrown from the bike, causing him to fall about 100 feet off an overpass.

Interim Soledad Chief of Police Damon Wasson told KSBW McArthur had been a part of the Soledad Police Department since 2014 and was a sergeant in the Army Reserve.

McArthur had been recognized two years in the row as 'Officer of the Year' and is survived by his parents who live in Salinas.

An officer with the Soledad (CA) Police Department was killed in a motorcycle collision while off duty early Sunday morning.

According to the San Jose Mercury News , 33-year-old Kevin McArthur was in the southbound lane of a freeway in San Jose in the early morning hours when the motorcycle he was riding veered into a concrete barrier.