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Motorcyclist Dies After Crash in Western Nebraska

Posted: 7:31 AM Aug 1, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press

A 64-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash about 20 miles from North Platte in western Nebraska.

The accident occurred around 5:30 p.m. Saturday on Nebraska Highway 97.

Lincoln County Sheriff Jerome Kramer says William Dover, of North Platte, was driving south on his motorcycle when he lost control of it on a curve. The motorcycle ran into a ditch and flipped over.

Kramer says Dover was taken to Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, where he was pronounced dead.