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Uber's Kalanick rekindles power struggle, names two to board

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Uber Technologies Inc [UBER. UL] co-founder Travis Kalanick said he had appointed two new directors, a surprise move that publicly reignited a board battle over the role of the ousted former chief executive.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc [UBER. UL] co-founder Travis Kalanick said he had appointed two new directors, a surprise move that publicly reignited a board battle over the role of the ousted former chief executive.
Kalanick’s move on Friday sought to pre-empt a move by new Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi to restructure the board and gain greater control, a person familiar with the co-founder’s decision said.
Uber said in a statement on Friday the company was surprised by Kalanick’s action.
Company investors are divided over whether Kalanick should remain on the board and whether he should be allowed to name two other directors.
Benchmark Capital, which had pressured Kalanick to resign as CEO in the wake of several governance scandals, did not respond to a request for comment.
Khosrowshahi is scrambling to portray Uber as a reformed company that is turning a page on concerns including sexual harassment claims and a U. S. bribery probe. Investors have described diluting Kalanick’s power as a necessary step on the path to making amends.
Kalanick, still one of the largest shareholders, said in a statement he had appointed former Xerox Chief Executive Ursula Burns and former Merrill Lynch Chief Executive John Thain as directors.
“I am appointing these seats now in light of a recent board proposal to dramatically restructure the board and significantly alter the company’s voting rights. It is therefore essential that the full board be in place for proper deliberation to occur, especially with such experienced board members as Ursula and John,” he said. He did not specify the proposals he opposed.
Uber had nine directors before Kalanick’s Friday appointments. The person familiar with the matter said that Kalanick acted after Khosrowshahi had outlined a plan to directors, which is scheduled to be voted on October 3, that would give him control of four board seats in addition to his own on a panel that now has 11 directors.
Khosrowshahi’s plan calls for transferring one of the two Kalanick-controlled positions to SoftBank Group Corp, which is considering an investment in Uber, the source said. Khosrowshahi effectively could put a person of his choosing in the other seat, as well as three other existing ones, according to the source. A third of directors also would be elected each year under the plan.
Uber did not respond on Saturday to a request to comment about the Khosrowshahi plan. But the company said earlier in a statement that Kalanick’s appointments were a “complete surprise” to Uber and its board. “That is precisely why we are working to put in place world-class governance to ensure that we are building a company every employee and shareholder can be proud of,” the statement said.
Yucaipa Companies managing partner Ron Burkle, an investor who has supported Kalanick, praised Burns and Thain as “smart, high-quality people.”
Division among Uber investors exploded in public in August, when Benchmark Capital filed a lawsuit to force Kalanick off the board and rescind his ability to fill two other seats on the panel, accusing him of concealing a range of misdeeds. Yucaipa and other Uber investors defended Kalanick and asked Benchmark to divest its own shares and step down from the board.
A Delaware judge later that month stayed the Benchmark lawsuit and sent it to arbitration, pushing the dispute out of public view and delivering Kalanick a victory.
Kalanick’s action on Friday could be subject to a new legal challenge. Benchmark or other Uber investors could attempt to block the appointments by asking the Delaware judge to issue a so-called “status-quo order.” The judge last month did not grant such a request.
Kalanick’s lawyer at the time told the court that Kalanick had not rushed to fill the seats. The New York Times also quoted Kalanick’s lawyer as telling the court Kalanick had the power to fill the seats under the pre-arbitration “status quo.”

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Geplantes Referendum in Katalonien: "Sie werden es nicht verhindern"

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Die spanischen Behörden versuchen alles, um das Unabhängigkeitsreferendum in Katalonien zu verhindern. Doch die Regionalregierung denkt nicht ans Einlenken – auch wenn eine Software zur Auszählung der Stimmen blockiert wurde. Was morgen tatsächlich passiert? Völlig ungewiss.
Die spanischen Behörden versuchen alles, um das Unabhängigkeitsreferendum in Katalonien zu verhindern. Doch die Regionalregierung denkt nicht ans Einlenken – auch wenn eine Software zur Auszählung der Stimmen blockiert wurde. Was morgen tatsächlich passiert? Völlig ungewiss.
Trotz neuer Gegenmaßnahmen der spanischen Staatsbehörden will die Regierung von Katalonien am Sonntag ihr umstrittenes Referendum über die Abspaltung der Region vom EU-Land durchziehen. Auch die Blockade des Stimmenauszählungssystems durch Experten der staatlichen Polizeieinheit Guardia Civil werde die Abhaltung der Volksbefragung nicht verhindern, versicherte der Sprecher der Regionalregierung, Jordi Turull.
Mehrere Beamte der Guardia Civil waren zuvor in Barcelona im katalanische Technologie- und Kommunikationszentrum gegen die Infrastruktur vorgegangen. Dort wird die Software des Auszählungssystems aufbewahrt. Das System sei außer Betrieb gesetzt und die illegale Abstimmung somit endgültig « annulliert » worden, sagte in Madrid der Sprecher der Zentralregierung, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo.
Die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft wies die Polizei an, die Wahllokale abzusperren und die Stimmabgabe zu verhindern. Das Referendum war vom Verfassungsgericht auf Betreiben der Zentralregierung schon vor gut drei Wochen als verfassungswidrig untersagt worden. Ministerpräsident Mariano Rajoy beteuerte, das Referendum werde auf keinen Fall stattfinden. Dennoch wurden mehr als 5,3 Millionen Katalanen aufgerufen, am Sonntag in einem der 2315 Wahllokale ihre Stimme abzugeben.
In ganz Katalonien hatten deshalb in der Nacht zum Samstag Politiker, Lehrer und Eltern zum Teil mit ihren Kindern zahlreiche Schulen und weitere öffentliche Gebäude besetzt, die als Wahllokale dienen sollen. Die Polizei habe rund 1300 Schulen aufgesucht und dabei 163 besetzte Lehranstalten vorgefunden, teilte der Präfekt (Vertreter des Madrider Innenministeriums) in Barcelona mit. Die Aufforderung der Polizei, die Lokale zu verlassen, hätten die Besetzer zunächst nicht befolgt, hieß es.
Bei Dutzenden von Razzien wurden in Druckereien und Regionalministerien mindestens zwölf Millionen Wahlzettel sowie Millionen von Wahlplakaten und Broschüren beschlagnahmt. Viele Webseiten wurden gesperrt. Mehr als 4000 Angehörige der Guardia Civil und der Nationalpolizei wurden nach Katalonien entsandt. Doch die Separatisten lassen sich nicht entmutigen. « Wir haben bereits gewonnen. Wir haben die Ängste, die Drohungen, den Druck und die Lügen besiegt », rief der regionale Regierungschef Carles Puigdemont am Freitagabend zum Wahlkampfabschluss vor Zehntausenden Menschen im Zentrum der katalanischen Hauptstadt Barcelona. Die Veranstalter gaben die Teilnehmerzahl mit rund 80.000 an.
Das Referendum hält nicht nur Katalonien in Atem. In ganz Spanien gingen Gegner und Unterstützer der Separatisten auf die Straßen. In Madrid versammelten sich Tausende von Menschen vor dem Rathaus der Hauptstadt, um gegen die Abstimmung zu protestieren. Die Demonstranten forderten, dass Puigdemont festgenommen wird. Sie skandierten unter anderem: « Separatisten, Terroristen » und « Viva España! ». Zum Protest vor dem Rathaus rief die rechtskonservative « Stiftung zum Schutz der Spanischen Nation » auf.
Allein in Madrid gab es insgesamt drei Kundgebungen zur Unterstützung des Referendums sowie drei gegen die Unabhängigkeitsbestrebungen in Katalonien. Demonstrationen für und gegen die Separatisten gab es unter anderem auch auf Mallorca, in Santander und Alicante. In der Autonomen Gemeinschaft Galicien, wo es auch eine Unabhängigkeitsbewegung gibt, brachten in Santiago de Compostela mehr als 3000 Menschen ihre Unterstützung für die Separatisten zum Ausdruck.
Was am Wahltag geschehen wird, wagt derweil niemand vorherzusagen. Unter Berücksichtigung der Störungsaktionen aus Madrid würde die Abgabe von einer Million Stimmen « einen überragenden Erfolg » darstellen, sagte Jordi Sánchez, der Präsident der separatistischen Organisation « Katalanische National-Versammlung ». Bei einem Sieg des « Ja »-Lagers will Barcelona schon in den Tagen nach der Abstimmung die Unabhängigkeit von Spanien ausrufen. Die Gegner der Separatisten wollen nicht an der Abstimmung teilnehmen. Erwartet werden größere Demonstrationen. Ob und wann ein Ergebnis verkündet wird, ist weiterhin unklar.
Die Zahl der Befürworter einer Abspaltung Kataloniens von Spanien lag in den vergangenen Jahren zwischen knapp 40 und 50 Prozent. Schon seit 2012 finden immer wieder Massendemonstrationen der Separatisten statt. Kundgebungen der Gegner des Referendums und der Unabhängigkeit gab es in Barcelona allerdings kaum.

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Tillerson: US Has Three Direct Channels for Talks With North Korea

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The U. S. secretary of state acknowledged three ongoing direct channels between the United States and North Korea.
U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in China this weekend for a visit to lay the groundwork for U. S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit to Beijing in November.
Speaking to reporters before meetings with senior Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, Tillerson acknowledged that the United States had three separate direct and open channels of communication with North Korea.
“We have a couple, three channels open to Pyongyang. We can talk to them, we do talk to them,” Tillerson told reporters in Beijing, according to a pool report.
“We ask, ‘Would you like to talk?’ We have lines of communications to Pyongyang — we’re not in a dark situation, a blackout,” Tillerson added.
He clarified that these were direct channels that were not being mediated by any way by China, North Korea’s most important trading partner and benefactor.
Tillerson did not offer any assessment of if these channels were demonstrating results.
“The whole situation is a bit overheated right now,” he said. “I think everyone would like for it to calm down. I think if North Korea would stop firing all the missiles, that would calm down things a lot.”
North Korea has continued to fire ballistic missiles throughout the year, introducing more advanced missiles and more provocative tests as the year has gone on.
It has tested its new Hwasong-14 intercontinental-range ballistic missile twice, in July, and overflown Japan twice with its Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile. In early September, North Korea carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
The existence of open channels between the United States and North Korea is not entirely surprising, but the specific number—three—is somewhat curious.
The so-called ‘New York channel’ between the two countries is thought to be the most important remaining bilateral channel.
That channel allowed, for example, Joseph Yun, the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy, to secure the release of Otto Warmbier, a detained American college student, earlier this year. Warmbier returned from North Korea in a comatose state and died shortly after returning to the United States.
It’s unclear what other channels Tillerson was referring to. One possibility is that he was including ongoing so-called Track 1.5 engagements between the two sides, where North Korean government representatives meet with private U. S. citizens with either a background in North Korea policy-making or relevant expertise.
The U. S. government takes an interest in the content of those talks, even if it does not directly participate.
Tillerson’s acknowledgement of multiple direct channels between the two sides nevertheless comes after a new war of words sparked by Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly, where he threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if the United States had to defend itself or its allies from an attack.
In response, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un released a statement calling Trump a “barking dog” and threatening to “tame” him with further provocations.

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Cavs owner gets 'vile' voicemails after LeBron's 'bum' tweet

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Cavaliers owner received ‘vile,’ racist voicemails after James called Trump a ‘bum’.
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert received « vile, disgusting » voicemails after LeBron James called President Donald Trump a « bum » on Twitter.
Gilbert said he was flooded with phone messages when the NBA’s most celebrated player criticized Trump for rescinding a White House invitation to Golden State’s Stephen Curry to honor the team’s NBA championship.
« I received voicemails after LeBron tweeted that were some of the most vile, disgusting, racist, » Gilbert said Friday on CNBC’s « Squawk Box. « There’s an element of racism that I didn’t even realize existed in this country this much. »
Gilbert said he had not told James about the voicemails. He called the comments unnerving.
« And you could hear it in their voice — the racism, » Gilbert said. « It wasn’t even really about the issue, and that’s what really got me, because they went to who they really are, some of them. »
Earlier this week, James said he did not regret his comment about Trump.
« Me and my friends call me that all the time, » James said during a news conference on media day. « I’m not his friend, though. He’s not my friend. No, when I woke up and saw what he said about Steph Curry. First of all, it’s so funny because it’s like you inviting me to your party, right? As a matter of fact, it’s not like you invited me.
« It’s almost, like, ‘Hey, I’m not going to be able to make it. I’m not coming and then you would be like, ‘LeBron, guess what? You’re not invited. I wasn’t coming anyways, so that was funny to me when I woke up and saw that. So, my first initial response was, you bum. »
James also commended NFL players for protesting after Trump said owners should fire any players who kneel during the national anthem.
Gilbert and James have patched up a complicated relationship. Gilbert infamously wrote a letter to Cleveland fans criticizing James for leaving as a free agent in 2010. The owner was later fined $100,000 after he accused James of quitting in the playoffs during an interview with The Associated Press.
Gilbert’s ties to Trump would seem to create another problem. Gilbert, however, said in statement this week that he supports both political parties. Gilbert’s Quicken Loans mortgage lending company donated $750,000 to the president’s inauguration party.
« Our interests are in the policies at the federal level, and not the politics surrounding the elections, » he said. « We have often supported both political parties in the same election so that we have the ability to impact positive change, regardless of who occupies the offices.
« Our focus with any office-holder or politician is about the communication of the still substantial needs of our former rust-belt cities that are now finally beginning the road to recovery and growth that other parts of America have been experiencing for a long period of time. »
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Mormon leader reaffirms faith's opposition to gay marriage

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A top Mormon leader reaffirmed the religion’s opposition to same-sex marriage on Saturday during a church conference watched by members around the world.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A top Mormon leader reaffirmed the religion’s opposition to same-sex marriage on Saturday during a church conference watched by members around the world.
Dallin H. Oaks, a member of a top governing body called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, urged members to follow church teachings that dictate that marriage should be reserved for heterosexual men and women. He said that’s the ideal home for children to be raised.
Oaks acknowledged that this belief can put Mormons at odds with family and friends and doesn’t match current laws, including the recent legalization of gay marriage in the United States. But he told the nearly 16-million members watching around the world that the religion’s 1995 document detailing the doctrine – « The Family: A Proclamation to the World » – isn’t’ a policy statement that will be changed.
« We have witnessed a rapid and increasing public acceptance of cohabitation without marriage and same-sex marriage. The corresponding media advocacy, education, and even occupational requirements pose difficult challenges for Latter-day Saints, » Oaks said. « We must try to balance the competing demands of following the gospel law in our personal lives and teachings even as we seek to show love for all. »
The speech followed a push in recent years by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to uphold theological opposition to same-sex relationships amid widespread social acceptance while trying to foster an empathetic stance toward LGBT people.
The Mormon church is one of many conservative faith groups navigating the challenges that arise from trying to strike the right balance.
After the Utah-based Mormon church received backlash in 2008 for helping lead the fight for California’s Proposition 8 constitutional ban on gay marriage, religious leaders spent several years carefully developing a more empathetic LGBT tone.
That was interrupted in 2015 when the church adopted new rules banning children living with gay parents from being baptized until age 18. That policy drew harsh criticism from gay church members and their supporters.
A year ago, church leaders updated a website created in 2012 to let members know that attraction to people of the same sex is not a sin or a measure of their faithfulness and may never go away. But the church reminded members that having gay sex violates fundamental doctrinal beliefs that will not change.
Oaks on Saturday reiterated a church belief that children should be raised in heterosexual married households, not by gay parents or couples who live together but aren’t married. He lamented that fewer children in the United States aren’t raised in what the religion considers the ideal households.
« Even as we must live with the marriage laws and other traditions of a declining world, those who strive for exaltation must make personal choices in family life according to the Lord’s way whenever that differs from the world’s way, » Oaks said.
The twice-yearly conference is underway without the presence of church President Thomas S. Monson, 90, who is dealing with ailing health. It’s the first time in more than a half century that Monson hasn’t spoken at the conferences. Before becoming church president in 2008, he served on the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles starting in 1963.
Presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serve until they die.
Also missing will be 85-year-old Robert D. Hales, another top leader who was hospitalized in recent days. Hales has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 1994.
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Rights groups urge Egypt to halt crackdown on homosexuals

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CAIRO (AP) — Two international rights groups called on Egyptian authorities on Saturday to halt their crackdown on people suspected of homosexuality following…
CAIRO (AP) — Two international rights groups called on Egyptian authorities on Saturday to halt their crackdown on people suspected of homosexuality following the waving of the LGBT rainbow flag at a recent concert in Cairo.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International also urged Egypt, a majority Muslim country of some 95 million people, to call off the anal examination of people detained on suspicion of homosexuality to determine whether they were engaged in same-sex sexual relations.
They said the practice amounted to torture and called it « abhorrent » and scientifically unsound.
Homosexuality is highly taboo in Egypt among Muslims and minority Christians alike, but it is not explicitly prohibited by law. Egypt regularly arrests gay men, with large police raids on private parties or locations such as public baths, restaurants and bars. In practice, they prosecute individuals under such charges as « immorality » and « debauchery. »
Egypt arrested at least seven people last week after footage of the rainbow flag raising surfaced on social media. The incident took place during a Sept. 22 concert by Lebanese indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila, a jazzy, electro-Arabesque group whose lead singer is openly gay.
Most Egyptians see homosexuality as a practice that goes against nature and religion and insist that it’s a social disease exported by a decadent West. At home, most homosexuals keep their sexual orientation a secret known only to close friends, fearing social stigma.
Local fiction and films with homosexual characters are rare and typically accompanied by their share of controversy. Scenes involving sex or displays of affection between same-sex couples in foreign movies are censored.
The media, particularly celebrity hosts of TV talk shows, routinely feed on stories about the arrest of homosexuals, taking the high moral ground and inciting authorities to do more to « cleanse » the streets.
Both Amnesty and HRW said in their Saturday statements that a total of 11 people had been arrested since the concert, held at an upscale mall in an eastern Cairo suburb.
« These men should be released immediately and unconditionally — not put on trial, » said Najia Bounaim, Amnesty’s North Africa Campaigns Director. « A sinister smear campaign by Egyptian media against those believed to have raised the rainbow flag at the Mashrou’ Leila concert, has given security forces a green light to carry out arrests of at least 11 people based on their alleged sexual orientation, » said Bounaim.
Egypt should stop devoting state resources to hunting down people for their sexual orientation and instead focus on improving its rights record, said HRW, alluding to the ongoing crackdown by authorities on Islamists and secular pro-democracy activists while slapping draconian restrictions on street demonstrations and freedom of speech.
« Whether they were waving a rainbow flag, chatting on a dating app, or minding their own business in the streets, all these debauchery arrest victims should be immediately released, » HRW’s Sarah Leah Whitson said. « The Egyptian government, by rounding people up based on their presumed sexual orientation, is showing flagrant disregard for their rights. »
The government maintains that its top priorities are improving the economy and defeating Islamic militants waging an insurgency whose epicenter is in the Sinai Peninsula.

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畑岡が２打差首位＝４打差４位に鈴木－日本女子オープンゴルフ

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【日本女子オープンゴルフ選手権】 第３日（３０日、 千葉・ 我孫子ＧＣ、 ６７０６ヤード＝パー７２、 賞金総額１億４０００万円、 優勝２８００万円） 第２ラウンドの 残りと第３ラウンドが行われ、 ２週連続優勝と連覇を狙う１８歳の 畑岡奈紗が、 ５４ホールの 大会最少スコアとなる通
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Trump will announce new steps to cut red tape in Monday speech

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President Trump will kick off the new fiscal year Monday by redoubling his administration’s efforts to cut red tape, a move he views as a key driver of economic resurgence. The president has already made regulatory reform a priority in his first eight months, issuing an…
President Trump will kick off the new fiscal year Monday by redoubling his administration’s efforts to cut red tape, a move he views as a key driver of economic resurgence.
In a speech in the East Room of the White House, Mr. Trump will call attention to “the benefit that reform can have for ordinary Americans,” said Neomi Rao, administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
Mr. Trump also has issued a memo directing federal agencies to lower the overall cost of their regulations in fiscal 2018.
The president has made regulatory reform a priority in his first eight months, issuing an executive order that requires two regulations be eliminated for every new one implemented. So far, Ms. Rao said, the administration has imposed four new rules and eliminated 10.
In a speech to manufacturers on Friday, the president called his administration’s effort “a groundbreaking campaign.”
“We have taken unprecedented steps to remove job-killing regulations that sap the energy, creativity and dynamism from our country,” he said. “We are cutting regulations at a pace that has never even been thought of before.”
He said some regulation is necessary, “but we don’t need 35 regulations to take care of one item. We don’t need to go through nine different agencies to get something taken off. We want beautiful, fast, efficient regulation that works.”
Ms. Reo said the administration’s rulemaking since January has resulted in savings of $300 million in annualized costs for businesses, a marked shift from the first year of the Obama administration.
“In the eight years of the previous administration, they imposed about $80 billion in annualized costs on the private sector,” she said.
After the president’s speech, 10 federal agencies will hold discussions Monday afternoon seeking input on targeting for elimination regulations that are ineffective or duplicative.

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Vatican newspaper chimes in _ finally _ on 'The Young Pope'

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican newspaper has broken a yearlong silence and weighed in on director Paolo Sorrentino’s « The Young…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican newspaper has broken a yearlong silence and weighed in on director Paolo Sorrentino’s « The Young Pope, » giving the TV series a generally positive review despite what it called the « frivolous » and « grotesque » way the show painted the Vatican and the papacy.
L’Osservatore Romano dedicated a two-page spread in Sunday’s edition to the 10-episode series, which began airing in Italy in October 2016 and in North America earlier this year.
The main essay was written by Juan Manuel de Prada, a Spanish intellectual who explored the contradictions in the character of Pope Pius XIII, played by Jude Law, and in the Vatican hierarchy, as presented by the series.
The newspaper’s silence during the Italian run was notable, since other Catholic media were almost unanimous in their criticism.

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Salt Lake man killed in motorcycle crash in East Canyon

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A Salt Lake man has died after losing control of his motorcycle and falling off the roadway Friday night in East Canyon.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man has died after losing control of his motorcycle and falling off the roadway Friday night in East Canyon.
Witnesses told police that Alex Russell Ferrell, 57, was riding in the canyon near 200 North and 8300 East about 6 p.m. when he lost control and his motorcycle went approximately 50 yards down the side of the mountain.
Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said medical personnel with the Unified Fire Authority arrived to treat Ferrell, who was alive at the time.
Emergency personnel placed Ferrell in an ambulance and took him to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
« Our thoughts are with the victim’s family during this time of loss, » Lohrke said.
Unified police detectives with the multijurisdictional crash analysis reconstruction team are investigating the crash.

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