JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 19-year-old motorcyclist died Sunday after missing a curve in the roadway and crashing on Bartram Park Boulevard just after 10 p.m., according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Police said the man was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle southbound on Bartram Park Boulevard when he missed the curve in the roadway, hit the curb, ran off the road and struck a light pole.
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The rider died shortly after arriving at the hospital, police said. They did not say if he was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
This is the 80th traffic fatality in Duval County this year and the 19th involving a motorcyclist.
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