Officer Leonard W. Winney was pursuing a speeding motorist on the Santa Ana Canyon Road in Orange County when his motorcycle crashed into a heavy gravel truck that made a left turn across the highway. The truck driver, according to investigators, did not see the motorcycle and the officer did not have time to stop. Winney, 27, was a member of the CHP for three years and had served two years in the Anaheim Area office.

Officer George E. Kallemeyn had been pursuing hot-rod cyclists along a narrow twisting mountain trail in Contra Costa County. Kallemeyn was returning to the main road when a portion of the trail gave way beneath his motorcycle and Kallemeyn plummeted down the side of the canyon. The patrol officer was not found until the next day when rescuers located him in the brush, pinned under his motorcycle. Kallemeyn, 30, was immediately rushed to the hospital but died of his injuries. He had served four years with the CHP.