Motorcyclist killed in Washington Twp. crash ID’d

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A 23-year-old motorcyclist who died Thursday following a crash with a truck in Washington Twp. has been identified.

Nathaniel Hopper was pronounced dead at Miami Valley South Hospital Thursday night, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.

At 10:31 p.m., Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Paragon Road, just north of Ohio 725, for a crash with injuries.

Deputies arrived to find the motorcyclist, later identified as Hopper, unresponsive in the road, according to the sheriff’s office.

He was taken to Miami Valley Hospital South Campus, where he died.

A preliminary investigation determined Hopper was driving a Kawasaki motorcycle north on Paragon Road when he collided with a 2005 GMC Sierra pickup truck.

Speed is believed to be a factor, according to deputies.

The driver of the truck, a 53-year-old man, was not injured.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office’s Traffic Services Unit is continuing to investigate the cause of the crash.

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