12-year-old killed in Napa motorcycle crash

By MARSHA DORGAN
Napa Valley Register

The 12-year-old boy involved in a car versus motorcycle accident early Friday morning on Silverado Trail has died.

Eduardo Palafox was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by his father, Jose Cruz Palafox-lona, 32.

The crash happened around 7 a.m., on the Trail at Ashlar Drive.

The motorcycle was northbound on the Trail. A Subaru, driven by Marilyn Heinricher, 90, of Napa turned left from Ashlar Drive onto the Trail and collided with the motorcycle, police said

The boy was thrown from the motorcycle and through the driver’s window of the Subaru, police said.

Paramedics performed CPR on the boy at the scene. He was taken to Queen of the Valley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 7:40 a.m.

Heinricher and the driver of the motorcycle suffered minor injuries.

The father and son were wearing helmets. However, the boy’s helmet was found resting on a tree near a creek,  just north of Ashlar Drive.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. The accident reconstruction team is investigating if Heinricher failed to yield the right of way, police said.

The Trail was closed from Hagen Road to Lincoln Avenue for about five hours.

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