A 38-year-old Keyes resident was killed in a solo crash on Friday evening, May 26 on the county’s west side.

The crash occurred on Shiloh Road south of Paradise Road and was reported at 11:39 p.m. The California Highway Patrol said that Esteban Diaz, rider of a 2017 Yamaha motorcycle, was northbound on Shiloh Road at an unknown speed when he drifted off the east edge of the road and struck a wooden fence. The impact tossed Diaz onto the ground.

Paramedics treated Diaz on the scene before rushing him to Doctors Medical Center where he died from his injuries.

It is unknown if alcohol and or drugs were a factor in the crash.

It was the second time in the past two months that a Keyes resident died while riding a motorcycle. Ireland Rolon, 24, was killed on Highway 99 on April 4 when she struck a car and was ejected.