SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA. (THECOUNT) — Joseph Wiley, of Santa Maria, California, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Thursday night motorcycle crash in Santa Barbara County.

Wiley, 63, was killed in a single-motorcycle crash near Santa Maria on Thursday Night.

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According to reports, Wiley was operating a motorcycle with a group of motorcyclists in the 6300 block of Dominion Road in Santa Maria, when for unknown reasons, the bike crossed centerlines and exited the roadway. The bike then wrecked around 7 p.m. Friday.

No one else was involved in the crash.

Wiley was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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