OFFICIALS ID CHP OFFICER KILLED IN OFF-DUTY CRASH: FAIRFIELD (AP) — Officials have released the name of a veteran California Highway Patrol officer who was killed in an off-duty motorcycle crash, while his colleagues remembered him as a dedicated public servant. John Fanene died after the motorcycle he was riding clipped a pickup truck that had turned in front of him on Highway 12 near Fairfield around 5:45 p.m. Friday, said CHP Sgt. Diana McDermott. The impact knocked Fanene off his Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle, his personal motorcycle, and he was hit by a car traveling in the opposite direction.
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