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Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. Media Relations Coordinator Mel Moore was seriously injured Thursday, July 8 in a single-bike motorcycle accident while riding from Southern California to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.

According to Kawasaki’s Russ Brenan, Moore was transported to a hospital in San Jose via helicopter, with broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

According to an eyewitness, Moore had just passed a car on California Highway 1, about 50 miles south of Monterey, when he lost control and crashed.