Plano, Texas - A 20-year-old Plano resident died Monday afternoon after the motorcycle he was riding collided with an SUV near the intersection of Jupiter Road and East Spring Creek Parkway, close to the south entrance of Collin College's Spring Creek Campus. Plano police and fire crews were called to the scene around 2:40 p.m.
Investigators say the motorcycle was headed north on Jupiter Road when an SUV turning south onto Jupiter from Sewell Drive crossed its path and the two vehicles collided. Paramedics pronounced the motorcyclist dead at the scene roughly fifteen minutes later.
The SUV's driver was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening. Authorities noted that excessive speed does not appear to have contributed to the crash.
The Plano Police Department's Traffic Unit continues to investigate the collision, which occurred in a stretch of Jupiter Road heavily traveled by students and staff at the nearby college campus.
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