One killed in motorcycle crash

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SHEPHERD — Texas Department of Public Safety troopers investigated a fatal crash on U.S. Highway 59, near Farm-to-Market Road 3460, that occurred on Friday.

The preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 9:34 p.m., a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling north. It is reported that the driver was traveling at a speed which was unsafe and failed to negotiate a curve properly. It is reported that the motorcycle struck a guardrail and ejected the rider.

The rider, identified as 37-year-old Crystal Bolton of Alvin, was pronounced deceased on scene by a Justice of the Peace.