Firefighters launched a rescue operation in Upper Ojai Sunday afternoon after a motorcycle crash sent a rider off the road along the Dennison Grade.
The accident was reported around 2 p.m. on Highway 150, also known as Ojai Road, south of Dennison Park, according to Ventura County Fire Department and California Highway Patrol reports. The incident took place near the Lion Canyon Creek bridge, reports showed.
Firefighters at the scene said the rider was about 20 feet vertically down over the side of the bridge, radio traffic indicated. A Ventura County Sheriff s helicopter responded for a possible hoist rescue.
As of about 2:30 p.m., crews at the scene said they needed to shut the highway in both directions for the rescue. Firefighters said the patient would be transported to the hospital by air.
Highway 33 crash victim identified
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The man killed in a solo motorcycle accident on Highway 33 near the Ventura-Santa Barbara County line on Saturday has been identified as Sean P. Hufford, 43, of Frazier Park, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner s Office.
Hufford was southbound on the highway when his 2004 Harley Davidson left the road and went down an embankment and overturned several times, ejecting the rider.
he was air from the scene but died later at Ventura County Medical Center.
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Man sentenced 22 years for 2017 shooting death in Oxnard
An Oxnard man has been sentenced to 22 years in state prison for the fatal shooting of another Oxnard man in 2017.
Jonathan Zambrano, now 31, had pleaded guilty last month to voluntary manslaughter. He also admitted to personally using a firearm during the shooting, according to the Ventura County District Attorney s Office. He was sentenced Friday in Ventura County Superior Court.
The victim, Albert Salazar, was 24.
On the night of July 19, 2017, both men were standing outside a house in the 1300 block of West Guava Street when Zambrano pulled out a gun and shot Salazar once, prosecutors said. Salazar was driven by a private party to the Oxnard Police Department parking lot, where first aid was provided until he was transported by ambulance to Ventura County Medical Center. He later died at the hospital. Zambrano was arrested three days later.