CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — A motorcycle crash in Catawba County left one person dead on Saturday night, according to the NC State Highway Patrol.
Shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday night, the NCSHP responded to a fatal motorcycle crash on 1st Street West near Deborah Herman Road in Conover.
An initial investigation showed that a 2015 Harley Davidson Motorcycle was heading east on 1st Street West when it went off the right side of the road, hitting a utility pole and a tree. The driver was thrown off the motorcycle and died at the scene from his injuries.
The motorcycle driver has been identified at 25-year-old Dustin Tyler Hagler, from Charlotte.
The initial investigation by the NCSHP indicates that excessive speeding contributed to the fatal crash.
WCNC Charlotte has reached out to the NCSHP for more information about this incident.
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