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Man killed in Fort Worth after his motorcycle crashed into a pole, police say

A male motorcycle driver struck a pole on S. Sylvania Avenue early Friday morning and was killed, police say.
A male motorcycle driver struck a pole on S. Sylvania Avenue early Friday morning and was killed, police say. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle collision in which the motorcycle smashed into a pole early Friday morning, police say.

The victim was identified later Friday morning as Joshua Johns, 38, of Fort Worth, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner.

The accident happened on the 600 block of S. Sylvania Avenue at 1:41 a.m., police spokesman Daniel Segura said.

Johns was pronounced dead at the scene, Segura said.

"It seems like speed was the factor" that caused the accident, Segura said.

Stephen English: 817-390-7330, @sbenglish74

This story was originally published May 18, 2018 at 7:56 AM with the headline "Man killed in Fort Worth after his motorcycle crashed into a pole, police say."

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