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Woman falls off bridge, dies, after motorcycle crash in Fort Worth, police say 

A woman died when she crashed a motorcycle and fell over the side of a bridge, Fort Worth police said.
A woman died when she crashed a motorcycle and fell over the side of a bridge, Fort Worth police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A woman died when she crashed her motorcycle and fell over the side of a bridge, Fort Worth police said.

At 9:25 p.m. Saturday, police received a call that a motorcycle had crashed into the wall on the ramp from northbound Interstate 35 to westbound I-20. The caller said the driver of the motorcycle had fallen off the bridge after the crash, Officer Buddy Calzada said.

Officers found the motorcycle on the ramp and the woman underneath the bridge, about 90 feet below.

The woman was dead when police arrived, Calzada said. Traffic investigation unit detectives were continuing to investigate the crash.

The woman’s name had not been released as of Sunday afternoon.

This story was originally published November 10, 2019 at 11:22 AM.

Kaley Johnson
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Kaley Johnson was the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s seeking justice reporter and a member of our breaking news team from 2018 to 2023. Reach our news team at tips@star-telegram.com
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