A spokesman for the California Highway Patrol reported details of a collision between a motorcycle and a dump truck in Mountain View on Thursday, August 6. The CHP spokesman said that dispatchers sent officers to northbound Highway 101, north of Ellis Street, just before 9 a.m. Injuries and Loss of Life A motorcyclist and his 2009 Suzuki motorcycle collided with the dump truck, although the circumstances leading to the collision were not immediately known. Personnel with the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office came to the scene, and the motorcyclist.