23-Year-Old Man Killed in Arlington Motorcycle Crash on South Cooper Street

Arlington, Texas (February 27, 2023) – A 23-year-old man was killed Saturday night in a motorcycle crash in Arlington, according to the police.

The fatal crash happened around 8:30 p.m., February 25, in the 4900 block of South Cooper Street.

Police said the man was riding his motorcycle northbound at a high rate of speed along the street when he hit a 2002 Lexus IS that was trying to turn left from the southbound lanes into a parking lot.

The force of the impact ejected the man from his motorcycle, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released.

The two people in the Lexus were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The police are investigating the crash.

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