One dead after fatal motorcycle crash in Thornton Tuesday

A motorcyclist is dead after being hit by a BMW sedan at the intersection of Thornton Parkway and Welby Road Tuesday night.

At about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, a 17-year-old male driving a BMW sedan was turning southbound onto Welby Road when he crashed into a Harley Davidson motorcycle, with two people riding it, traveling eastbound on Thornton Parkway, Thornton police said in a news release Wednesday morning.

Both people riding the motorcycle — a 38-year-old male and 12-year-old female — were transported to the hospital. The male later died at the hospital and the female remains in critical condition, the release said. The driver of the BMW was arrested on suspicion of careless driving causing death and released pending further investigation…

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