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Justin man, 21, dies in motorcycle crash

A motorcyclist died Friday night in a crash in southwest Denton County.

According to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety, a car was stopped at a red light in the westbound lanes of Hwy 114 near Winding Meadows Drive (south of Justin, west of Texas Motor Speedway) about 11:30 p.m. Friday when a motorcycle struck it from behind at a high rate of speed.

The motorcyclist, 21-year-old Jacoby Shoemaker, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the DPS. The two people in the car were not injured. No further information was immediately available.

Mark Smith
Mark Smith
Mark Smith is the Digital Editor of The Cross Timbers Gazette.

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