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Motorcyclist Michael Ray Smith, 60, killed in crash with semi on I-35 in Edmond, Oklahoma

Modified Date: 
Fri, 06/14/2019 - 2:48pm
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Motorcycle driver killed in I-35 crash with tractor-trailer, one...

EDMOND -- The driver of a motorcycle was killed when another motorist changed lanes into the motorcycle's path and the motorcycle was then struck by a tractor-trailer Tuesday. The brown car caused the motorcycle driver to lose control of the motorcycle. One person driving the motorcycle was killed on Interstate 35 in the southbound lanes about 9 a.m. The motorcycle was then hit by a southbound tractor-trailer. Timmons said the driver of a brown four-door sedan with a Texas license plate made a lane change into the motorcycle driver's path in the southbound lanes.

UPDATE: Name of motorcyclist killed in Tuesday crash in Edmond...

EDMOND '€” The name of the motorcyclist who was killed in a crash on Interstate 35 on Tuesday has been released by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Michael Ray Smith, 60, of Oklahoma City, was dead at the scene of the crash about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on I-35 in the southbound lanes near the Second Street on-ramp in Edmond, the patrol reported. The driver of a tractor-trailer involved in the crash, Robert Lee Sims, 52, of Shaw, Miss., was not injured. The driver of a third vehicle, a car that the patrol said left the scene, has not been found.
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Type: Motorcycle Accident
People Involved: 
Michael Ray Smith
Roadway: 
Interstate 35
City: 
Edmond, OK
County: 
Oklahoma County, OK
Area: 
Oklahoma City, OK

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