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A man and a woman who were injured in a traffic collision on Coast

Highway on Tuesday afternoon were identified Wednesday as Dominic

Baratti, 41, of Bishop and Jeannie McLamish, 58, of June Lake, police

said.

Baratti and McLamish were riding a 1998 Harley Davidson motorcycle

southbound in the 400 block of West Coast Highway, near Dover Drive, when

they collided with a Chevy Suburban driven by Chad Kerns, 35, of Newport

Beach, officials said.

Baratti suffered injury to his face and was taken to Western Medical

Center in Santa Ana. McLamish had an open fracture and was taken to Hoag

Hospital, fire officials said. Two paramedic units were called to the

scene and both suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Fire Capt. John

Blauer said. Kerns was not injured.