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Posted on: April 13, 2018

[ARCHIVED] Motorcyclist dies in single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon

NORFOLK, Va. (NPD) – A single-vehicle crash claimed the life of a 37-year-old Norfolk man Friday afternoon. 

Shortly before 3:30 p.m., police were called to the 3300 block of Chesapeake Boulevard for a single vehicle crash involving a motorcycle.  When police arrived, they found 37-year-old Derrick Lawson lying in the roadway unresponsive.  Lawson, of the 5900 block of Chesapeake Boulevard, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The preliminary investigation has revealed that Lawson was traveling in the 3300 block of Chesapeake Boulevard when he lost control of his motorcycle, left the roadway and struck a power pole. 

There were no other vehicles involved and no other injuries reported.

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