A Sunday afternoon crash near Ball Arena in Denver killed a motorcyclist and sent a passenger on the bike to the hospital, police said.
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The Denver Police Department first posted about the crash involving a motorist and a motorcyclist near Speer Boulevard and Wewatta Street at 2:37 p.m. Sunday. In an update just before 5 p.m., police announced that the motorcyclist had died.
The motorcyclist will be identified by the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner.
Paramedics took a passenger on the motorcycle to the hospital with serious injuries, police said.
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The crash happened at an intersection near the entrance to Ball Arena’s Corolla and Tundra parking lots. No events were scheduled at Ball Arena on Sunday, according to the venue’s event calendar.
Additional information about the crash, including the cause and the events leading up to it, was not immediately available.
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This is a developing story and may be updated.
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