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A Houston motorcycle rider is dead after a head-on collision with a truck in Galveston. The incident began when Galveston police received reports of a reckless motorcycle rider heading south on I-45 at about 100 miles per hour.
According to a Galveston police spokesperson, a police officer saw a 2006 Kawasaki Ninja at the intersection of 51st Street and Harborside Drive. The officer pursued the motorcyclist, who fled south on 51st Street. The motorcycle rider was able to evade the officer by making a U-turn, at which point the chase was called off.
However, as the Galveston police officer was leaving the scene of the accident, he observed the motorcycle rider crashing head-on into a truck. Both vehicles burst into flames as a result of the collision.
The motorcyclist, Samuel Edwardo Rios, 29, died due to multiple blunt-force traumas. The driver of the truck, which people at the scene claimed was a loaded furniture truck, sustained minor injuries and was taken to the University of Texas Medical Branch hospital.
The accident is under investigation. Because the crash resulted after police pursuit, the investigation is being conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety. This is standard practice according to the Galveston police spokesperson.
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