Man killed in motorcycle wreck
Published: Mon, Oct. 08, 2007 12:00AM
Modified Mon, Oct. 08, 2007 02:11AM
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closeAn Angier man was killed in a one-vehicle motorcycle accident nine miles north of Durham on Sunday afternoon.
About 4 p.m., Roy Roderick Jackson, 44, of 300 Roy Adams Road lost control of his motorcycle and veered into a ditch.
According to the Highway Patrol, Roderick was thrown from his motorcycle and landed in a small rock quarry near the intersection of N.C. 1471 and N.C. 1795. He died on the scene, the patrol's report said.
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Authorities attributed the accident to excessive speed.
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