Melody Ann Thorpe, 69, killed and Robert Frank Weissinger, 47, injured in motorcycle crash at Kampgrounds of America campground in Millersville, Maryland
One killed, another injured in Millersville motorcycle crash
Arriving firefighters found two people at the scene, a female believed to be in her late 60s and a 47-year-old male. The accident is believed to be a single-vehicle crash in which the motorcycle hit a tree.
Police: Speed, alcohol factors in fatal Millersville motorcycle crash
Weissinger rounded a curve in the road and accelerated through a small ditch, across an adjoining roadway and crashed head-on into a tree, police said. Thorpe was thrown from the motorcycle and landed approximately 20 feet away.
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