SAN ANTONIO – UPDATE 7/21/22: The medical examiner’s office identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash on Tuesday as 22-year-old Jeremiah Jordan Hogan.
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A motorcyclist is dead after he crashed his vehicle on a highway just north of downtown, according to San Antonio police.
The crash occurred in the 3700 block of Highway 281 N southbound, near East Hildebrand Avenue.
According to police, the man was riding a 2013 Kawasaki Ninja on the highway and was speeding when he failed to negotiate a curve and lost control.
Police said the man crashed into an interior concrete barrier and was thrown from the bike into the northbound lanes. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The highway was closed for several hours overnight as emergency crews worked. It has since reopened.
The name of the man killed has not been released, pending notification to next of kin.