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Police ID man killed in motorcycle crash in Durham. Speed a factor, police say.

Durham police are investigating a fatal crash near the intersection of North Pointe Drive and Guess Road.
Durham police are investigating a fatal crash near the intersection of North Pointe Drive and Guess Road. News & Observer file photo

Speed contributed to a motorcycle crash that killed a 30-year-old Durham man Sunday evening, police said.

Police are investigating the 5:30 p.m. collision near the intersection of North Pointe Drive and Guess Road.

Laquinton Eurkuo Pittman was traveling north on Guess Road on a Honda motorcycle when he collided with a Chevrolet Silverado driven by Timothy Strayhorn of Hillsborough, who was heading south, according to a news release.

Pittman was pronounced dead on the scene.

Strayhorn, 56, wasn’t hurt.

No charges have been filed.

This story was originally published July 22, 2019 at 9:32 AM.

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