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Motorcyclist Dies After Crashing On Tulsa Highway

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Russell Hulstine, NewsOn6.com - email
Picture of the motorcycle hanging from the fence. Picture of the motorcycle hanging from the fence.
Tulsa Police closed outside lane of northbound U.S. highway 75 just south of Apache exit. Tulsa Police closed outside lane of northbound U.S. highway 75 just south of Apache exit.
Picture of the EMSA ambulance and motorcycle. Picture of the EMSA ambulance and motorcycle.
Tulsa Police at the crash scene on Yale and Apache. Tulsa Police at the crash scene on Yale and Apache.
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Tulsa Police say a 27-year-old man died when his motorcycle crashed on Highway 75.

Police say he was speeding and lost control on the "S" curve just south of the Apache Street exit at about 3 a.m.

The motorcycle left the highway, hit a pole and tree and then a fence.

EMSA took the man to a Tulsa hospital in critical condition, but he later died.

He was wearing a helmet.  Police have not released his name.

At about 12:30 a.m., a man crashed a motorcycle on Yale near Apache.

Tulsa Police say that rider had some road rash but refused treatment.  

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