DENVER (KDVR) — A fatal crash involving a truck and a motorcycle occured Friday morning on East 144th Avenue between Washington Street and Franklin Street.
The motorcycle rider was transported to a local hospital with with serious injuries and died shortly after, according to the Thornton Police Department. No one else involved in the crash was injured.
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TPD said its preliminary investigation determined the motorcycle rider, a 21-year-old man, was traveling westbound on East 144th Avenue approaching Washington Street at a high rate of speed while “cutting in and out of traffic.”
The department said it appeared the motorcyclist then lost control and crashed after striking the back end of the truck…