October 14, 2011
A motorcyclist died in Houston, Texas, on Sunday when he ran into the rear of a pickup truck and was thrown into a drainage ditch along Beaumont Highway.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office reports that the crash occurred at the 16500 block of Beaumont Highway around 12:30 a.m. The victim had reportedly been traveling west at a high rate of speed on his 1999 Honda motorcycle when he hit the back of a westbound Ford F-150 truck.
According to The Houston Chronicle, the motorcyclist was tossed from his motorcycle and landed in a drainage ditch.
The victim, who was not wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the crash site. No one else was injured.
The pickup truck’s driver stopped and remained at the scene until police arrived. Police have said that the pickup driver showed no signs of impairment.
This was one of at least four motorcycle-related fatalities in Harris County in recent weeks.
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