Travis Waters Killed in Fort Worth School Bus-Motorcycle Crash on North Beach Street near Texas 121

Fort Worth, Texas – According to the police, a motorcyclist was killed Tuesday morning after a crash involving a school bus in Fort Worth.

The fatal crash happened around 8:15 a.m., January 30, in the 400 block of North Beach Street, just south of Texas 121.

Police said 36-year-old Travis Waters was riding his Harley when he rear-ended a school bus that was heading southbound and was preparing to make a left-hand turn at King Oaks Lane.

The motorcycle burst into flames after the collision.

Waters was pronounced dead at the scene.

No one on the bus was injured in the crash. The bus was heading to Riverside Middle School which is just a mile away from the scene.

The police are investigating the crash.

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