Woman on motorcycle killed after crashing motorcycle into side of pickup truck at North Catawba Way and East 6th Parkway in Aurora, Colorado
Woman dies in NE Aurora motorcycle crash
The crash happened at the intersection of North Catawba Way and East 6th Parkway around 5:30 p.m. Aurora first responders found a woman lying in the roadway. She was taken to a hospital, where she later died.
Woman dies in motorcycle crash in Aurora
The preliminary investigation found that a motorcycle going east on East 6th Parkway collided with the passenger side of a Dodge pickup that had proceeded south from a stop sign at North Catawba Way, police said.
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