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PREVIOUSLY: Motorcycle Accident on Highway 36 Results in Rider Fatality 

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David Lindberg, a local geologist and longtime active member of local government and community organizations, has been identified as the victim in yesterday’s fatal motorcycle collision with a deer on Hwy. 36.

Lindberg was in the midst of serving a four-year term as the Division 3 representative on the board of directors for the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District. 

Here’s the press release from the California Highway Patrol:

Trinity County, California – On Thursday, July 31, 2025, at approximately 1417 hours [2:17 p.m.], the Redding Communications Center received reports of a solo motorcycle crash on State Route 36 near mile post marker 33.8.

Officers from the CHP, Trinity River Area Office, Trinity County Sheriff’s Office, US Forest Service, Cal-Fire, and Cal-Trans personnel responded to the scene.

Emergency personnel located a 2019 Honda Super Cub C125, on its side, on the north dirt/gravel shoulder of State Route 36. The motorcycle appeared to have collided with a deer, causing the rider to be ejected onto the dirt/gravel shoulder. The rider was later identified as David Lindberg, born in 1954. The rider was wearing a DOT approved motorcycle helmet. DUI or drugs are not considered to be a factor in this traffic crash.

Trinity County Sheriff’s Office is handling the coroner’s investigation. The circumstances of this incident are currently under investigation by the California Highway Patrol, Trinity River Area. Anyone with information pertaining to the incident is asked to contact the Trinity River CHP Office at (530)623-3832.

The California Highway Patrol would like to thank Cal-Fire, Cal-Trans, US-Forest Service, Trinity County Sheriff’s Office, and Trinity Life Support Ambulance for their assistance with this incident.