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Posted: 5:41 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012

Man dies after fatal motorcycle collision


Thurston Co. fatal motorcycle collision
Thurston Co. fatal motorcycle collision

THURSTON COUNTY, Washington —

A 38-year-old man from Olympia was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle collision in Thurston County on Tuesday afternoon.

The man was driving northbound on Rainier Road when he left the roadway, struck a ditch and was ejected from his motorcycle, officials said.

Police said evidence from the collision scene showed that the man was traveling at an extremely high rate of speed when the collision occurred.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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