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Motorcyclist Killed Friday in I-80 Crash Near Albany

The accident happened Friday afternoon just west of Gilman Street.

A man was killed near Albany on Friday in a crash involving a motorcycle and a big-rig truck on Interstate Highway 80, authorities reported.

The Alameda County coroner's bureau identified the man Saturday as Timothy Ray Walker, 33, of Vallejo.

Walker had been riding his motorcycle on I-80 just west of Gilman
 Street at about 3:45 p.m. when the crash occurred, according to the 
California Highway Patrol.

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Traffic was backed up on eastbound I-80 during the evening commute because of lane closures during the crash investigation, the CHP said.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.

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