PHOENIX — A motorcyclist has died after crashing while riding to the top of South Mountain, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
The department said that officers were called to the area of 10919 South Central Avenue, which is on the stretch of Central Avenue that leads to the top of South Mountain, at about 11:50 a.m. on Sunday due to a crash.
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When officers and firefighters got to the scene of the crash, they found a man, identified as 28-year-old Edward Perez Severino, who had been seriously hurt. Severino was taken to a nearby hospital and later died.
Police said their initial investigation showed that Severino was riding his motorcycle eastbound on Central Avenue when he left the road while trying to turn left.
Two other motorcyclists told officers that they stopped after seeing Severino crash lifted him from a "depressed area" back up to the road.
No other details about the crash were released.
This is a developing story and more details will be added as they are made available.
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