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An 18-year-old motorcycle rider was killed in a crash with a car on Thursday in Green Valley, officials said.

Deputies were called to the crash scene at about 7:40 p.m. on Continental Road near Abrego Drive, according to a press release from the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

Investigators learned that Tyler Woelfersheim was riding a motorcycle westbound on Continental approaching Abrego. The driver of a car turned north on Abrego from eastbound Continental and collided with Woelfersheim's motorcycle.

Woelfersheim was taken to Banner-University Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.


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