A man killed Saturday when his motorcycle crashed on Highway 24 near the Waldo Canyon Trailhead has been identified by the Colorado State Patrol as 52-year-old Hoyt Kemmerer of Woodland Park.

Kemmerer was not wearing a helmet when he lost control of his 2008 Harley Davidson on westbound U.S. 24, about four miles west of Manitou Springs. He was taken to Penrose-St. Francis Hospital, where he later died.

Speed, alcohol and drugs have been ruled out as factors in the crash, according to State Patrol.

California state Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, was congratulated by Assemblyman Isadore Hall, D-Compton, after the Legislature approved her resolution urging the federal government to end its “don’t ask, don”t tell” policy on gays in the military in Sacramento earlier this month. Photo by The Associated Press file

Rich Pedroncelli