Man, 58, killed in DeSoto County crash

ARCADIA, Fla. A motorcyclist died in a crash Sunday evening on Northwest Brownsville Street, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

John Ray Skinner, 58, was killed when he was driving his Harley-Davidson motorcycle around 5 p.m. on Northwest Brownsville Street and failed to negotiate a curve in the road.

The bike went on the grass shoulder and Skinner was thrown from the motorcycle, according to the FHP.

It’s unclear if alcohol was a factor in the crash.

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