A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Monday evening in Jones County, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a media release.
A preliminary DPS investigation determined a 2025 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle driven by Mason Alkire, 22, of Barton, Maryland, was going north at 7:30 p.m. Monday on State Highway 6 at an excessive rate of speed as it overtook another vehicle, the agency said.
A 2022 Ford 350 truck towing a 2025 Big Tex dump semi-trailer, driven by Jeremy Harris, 42, of Stamford, was ahead of the motorcycle on the highway, the DPS said. After overtaking it, the motorcycle rider returned to the northbound lane, but he failed to control his speed.
As a result, the motorcycle had a rear-end collision with the truck towing a dump trailer on State Highway 6 south of FM Road 704, the DPS said. Alkire was wearing a helmet.
Jones County Justice of the Peace Cheryl Guernsey pronounced Alkire dead on the scene of the crash, the DPS said. Harris was wearing a seatbelt and was uninjured.
Trish Choate is the executive editor for the Abilene Reporter-News, San Angelo Standard-Times and Wichita Falls Times Record News. Contact Trish with news tips at tchoate@USATodayco.com. Read her recent work here.
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