A man killed in a crash near San Francisco International Airport last week was identified by family and friends as Dennis Nye, a longtime member of the South San Francisco Elks Lodge.
The crash occurred around 3:28 p.m. Oct. 10 on southbound U.S. Highway 101, just north of the South Airport Boulevard offramp, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Investigators said Nye, 56, was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle at high speed when the left side of his motorcycle struck the right rear corner of a Nissan Sentra traveling in the No. 2 lane, causing Nye to lose control and be thrown onto the roadway…