{"id":270895,"date":"2026-04-16T15:17:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270895\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:17:26","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-in-clovis-crash-identified-as-fresno-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270895\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed in Clovis crash identified as Fresno man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have identified the motorcycle rider killed in a single-vehicle crash in Clovis on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno County Coroner\u2019s Office identified the victim as James McCall, 35, of Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Ty Wood, spokesperson for the Clovis Police Department, said officers responded to a crash at Ashlan and Thompson avenues around 11 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Investigation suggests McCall hit an object on or near the sidewalk, Wood said.<\/p>\n<p>McCall \u2014 who was riding a Honda Grom, a compact, street-legal motorcycle \u2014 died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are investigating whether alcohol or drug impairment was a factor in the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published April 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities have identified the motorcycle rider killed in a single-vehicle crash in Clovis on Friday night. The Fresno&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-270895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}