STK emergency

A 69-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash Thursday afternoon on Tucson’s south side, Tucson police say.

About 1 p.m., William Joseph Kerin was riding a 2008 Harley-Davidson west on West Valencia Road near South 12th Avenue when he struck a raised median, then a tree inside the median, police said in a news release.

Kerin died at the crash scene.

Investigators are trying to determine if Kerin had a medical issue prior to the wreck, the release said.


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