4/29/02

Airman killed in motorcycle mishap

BULLARDS BAR 4/29/02 (YSN) -- U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert H. Smalley, 22, of Cordova, Ill. died when his motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve in the Yuba County foothills, the California Highway Patrol reported Monday.

Smalley was traveling at speed eastbound on Marysville Road about 6 p.m. Saturday when his motorcycle left the pavement just west of Bullards Bar Dam and struck a tree, CHP reports indicated.

A physiology technician stationed at Beale Air Force Base, Smalley was reportedly wearing a helmet when the accident occurred.

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