Motorcyclist Jeanpaul Latorre, 23, killed in high-speed crash on Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Washington
Motorcyclist killed in wreck on Tacoma bridge traveling up to 100 mph
Patrol spokesman Todd Bartolac says the man had been traveling with a group of motorcyclists before speeding off ahead of the group. He collided with a car on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and was then struck by a second vehicle.
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Latorre might “not have known the bridge here” and was changing lanes on the metal grates of the span, Bartolac said.
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