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Eastside motorcycle crash kills teen, deputies say

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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Pima County Sheriff’s Department and Vail District deputies responded to a motorcycle crash on the Eastside of town.

They say it happened Thursday just before 5 p.m. on East Old Spanish Trail and South Galileo Lane.

Deputies say the rider of the motorcycle, a 17-year-old, was found to have serious injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Nobody else involved was hurt.

This investigation remains ongoing.

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