A motorcyclist has died after striking a traffic signal pole on Tucsonβs northwest side earlier this week.
On Sunday, June 26, James H. Sturgill, 50, was traveling west on West Wetmore Road on a black 2014 Harley Davidson FLHXS when he failed to negotiate a slight shift in the roadway at the intersection of North Fairview Avenue, driving onto and over the raised traffic island and striking a traffic signal pole, Tucson police said.
Sturgill was taken to Banner-University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, police said. He was pronounced dead Tuesday, June 28.
Failure to reduce/control speed to avoid a collision and probable impairment are the major contributing factors in the collision, police said.
