Female passenger in Friday motorcycle accident dies

Escorted by Dayton Police officers away from the scene of a motorcycle and car crash on Danner Avenue, a woman comforts a man who was involved in the investigation late Friday night, March 19.

Jan Underwood Escorted by Dayton Police officers away from the scene of a motorcycle and car crash on Danner Avenue, a woman comforts a man who was involved in the investigation late Friday night, March 19.

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Friends and family grieve the death of a motorcyclist who died in a crash on Danner Avenue late Friday night, March 19. A second person, who suffered life threatening injuries, was taken by ambulance to the hospital.

Jan Underwood Friends and family grieve the death of a motorcyclist who died in a crash on Danner Avenue late Friday night, March 19. A second person, who suffered life threatening injuries, was taken by ambulance to the hospital.

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By Margo Rutledge Kissell
Staff Writers Updated 11:38 PM Saturday, March 20, 2010

DAYTON — The female passenger injured in a motorcycle accident Friday night, March 19, died Saturday morning at Miami Valley Hospital.

The passenger on the motorcycle, Shauntel Evans of Dayton, was taken to the hospital Friday in critical condition, said Lt. Brian Johns of the Dayton Police Department.

Evans was pronounced dead at 10 a.m. Saturday, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified Johnny Payton, 27, of Dayton as the man killed Friday in the accident that left a motorcycle engulfed in flames.

An autopsy on Payton was expected Saturday, a coroner’s investigator said. Results would not be available for 10 to 12 weeks, according to the coroner’s office.

The single-motorcycle accident happened about 10:45 p.m. Friday on Danner Avenue near Richley Avenue in the city’s southwest side. Payton went off the road and hit a tree, Johns said.

“We pulled up and one motorcycle was engulfed in flames,” witness Davidda Knight said.

A group of motorcyclists were with Payton when he crashed. “There were some riders with him that tried to help save him after the crash, but were unsuccessful,” Johns said.

The accident is under investigation. Police are looking at speed, alcohol and driver error as possible factors, but no cause has yet been determined, Johns said.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2419 or dlarsen@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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