Crime & Safety
Buzzard, Speed Contributing Factors in Sunday's Motorcycle Fatality
David Christopher Norris, of Upper Marlboro, died Sunday after his motorcycle struck a buzzard causing him to veer off the road.
A local man died in a motorcycle accident Sunday, when he struck a buzzard while passing a vehicle on the shoulder, reported the Gazette.
According to police, David Christopher Norris, 31, of Upper Marlboro was traveling north on Brown Station Road at high rate of speed, when he collided with a buzzard while using the shoulder of the road to pass another vehicle.
After hitting the buzzard, Norris’s 2005 Kawasaki motorcycle crossed the double yellow line, striking a curb and eventually a fire hydrant and utility pole, said officials.
Norris sucummed to his injuries after being transported to an area hospital, reported the Gazette.
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