Update: 1:45 p.m., Friday, June 14, 2019 - The motorcyclist has been positively identified as 29-year-old Brandon Lyle Englund of Redding.
Englund's next-of-kin has been notified and a post-mortem exam is working to be scheduled.

The crash still remains under investigation.
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REDDING, Calif. - Highway 273 was closed for several hours in Redding on Thursday night following a deadly crash.
The crash happened around 11 p.m. near Kenyon Drive when a motorcycle and car crashed, killing the motorcyclist.
Action News Now is working to learn more details.