The motorcyclist killed after being thrown from an Interstate 35 overpass near downtown has been identified.
Police recognized the rider as 39-year-old Jeremy Akers.
The crash occurred around 7:30 p.m. Monday on southbound I-35 near the Interstate 10 West intersection, also known as the Finesilver Curve.
According to police, Akers was traveling at high speeds when he failed to negotiate the curve leading to I-10 West and collided with a retaining wall.
The accident pushed Akers off the motorcycle and over the wall. He fell to the ground and died there.
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