Los Gatos motorcyclist killed in crash is identified

A motorcyclist who was killed last week in a crash near San Martin has been identified as Ramesh Babu Krishna Sastry, a 68-year-old Los Gatos resident.

The collision of the motorcycle and a car was reported at 2:46 p.m. on Nov. 22 at the intersection of Uvas and Watsonville roads, the California Highway Patrol said.

A witness said the motorcycle failed to stop at the stop sign before beginning a left turn onto northbound Watsonville Road, and it was struck by a southbound Toyota Camry, the CHP said. Sastry and his passenger, a 60-year-old Los Gatos woman, were thrown from the motorcycle.

Sastry died at the scene, and the woman suffered major injuries and was taken to a San Jose hospital. The Camry’s only occupant, a 41-year-old Prunedale man, was not injured, the CHP said.