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A Marana resident was killed in a motorcycle crash on Friday night, police said Monday.

Ronald Eugene Jacoby, 64, crashed while on his motorcycle on North Silverbell Road and North Jackson Flats Trail, according to Marana police.

Jacoby was taken to Banner-University Medical Center, where he died later, police said.

Investigators determined Jacoby was northbound on Silverbell when he failed to negotiate a sharp curve in the road and struck a large rock on the side of the road.


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