Motorcyclist dead after hitting a guardrail in Fayetteville

Saturday, May 4, 2024
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A motorcyclist is dead after getting seriously injured in a motor vehicle crash Friday night.

At 9:35 p.m., Cotton Fire Rescue, Cumberland County EMS and NCSHP were called to the intersection of Tom Starling Road at Research Drive in Fayetteville.
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Upon arrival, units said they found the motorcycle rider in the roadway with life-threatening injuries.

The rider was taken to Cape Fear Valley where they later died from their injuries. The rider was pronounced dead at 1:22 a.m. on Saturday.

Their identity has not yet been released.
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Investigators said the motorcycle was traveling west on Tom Starling Road when a motorcycle hit a guardrail at the intersection of Tom Starling Road and Research Drive.

The motorcycle then began flipping, which caused the rider to be thrown from the vehicle.
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