Motorcyclist killed in crash on Tucson's east side

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Thursday night on Tucson’s east side, police said.

Dillon Alexander Long, 22, was traveling near South Prudence Road and East Escalante Road about 8 p.m. when he was hit by a Nissan hatchback attempting to cross East Escalante Road, a Tucson police news release Friday said.

Long, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Nissan, a woman in her 50s, was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

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Police said detectives have listed failure to stop/yield by the Nissan as the major contributing factor in the crash. 

This is the eighth fatal motorcycle crash TPD has investigated this year, which is one more than at this time last year.