1 dead following motorcycle crash near Pocatello
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POCATELLO – A local person is dead after a motorcycle crash south of Pocatello Sunday afternoon.
A news release from Idaho State Police indicates it happened around 12 p.m. on Mink Creek Road.
Sixty-three-year-old Terry Smith of Moore was traveling eastbound on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. For an unknown reason, the driver veered off the right shoulder and hit a guardrail.
The driver was thrown from the motorcycle. The victim was not wearing a helmet and died after hitting the ground.
The family has been notified.
The cause is still under investigation.
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