SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. - A 37-year-old San Jose man was killed when the motorcycle he was riding slammed into the back of a crashed car on a highway in Scotts Valley early Sunday morning.

California Highway Patrol officers responded about 5:20 a.m. to the northbound side of State Route 17, north of Santas Village Road, on reports of a collision, according to a department statement .

A preliminary investigation revealed that a gray Nissan 370Z driving northbound on State Route 17 left the roadway "for reasons still under investigation" and crashed into a sign.

"The Nissan continued in a northerly direction and collided with a call box, coming to rest in the left lane of northbound State Route 17," the CHP said in a prepared statement. "Shortly thereafter, a… man from San Jose was ridi

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