BULLHEAD CITY – The Mohave County Sheriff’s office has identified the man who was killed in a Fort Mohave motorcycle crash on Sunday, December 29. Spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said sheriff’s office personnel responding at 4:40 p.m. found Rafael Sanchez, 27, Fort Mohave, dead at the scene of the accident.

“It was determined that Sanchez was traveling west on Boundary Cone Road when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway and drove into the shoulder,” a news release said. “Witnesses on scene advised that the motorcycle flipped several times as did Sanchez after he was thrown from the motorcycle.”

Speed and alcohol are suspected factors in a continuing investigation.