One killed in motorcycle accident

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SJNT staff

SAN JACINTO COUNTY — Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers investigated a fatal crash on Farm-to-Market Road 3081, near the 424-mile marker, that occurred, Wednesday.

Reports indicate that at approximately 4:15 p.m., a 2009 Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling north, and as the rider passed a school bus in a no-passing zone, he failed to negotiate a curve safely, causing the motorcycle to travel into the ditch and strike a tree.

The rider, 35-year-old Taylor Mitchell of Willis, was pronounced dead at the scene by a Justice of the Peace.

This is an ongoing investigation.