Crash leaves motorcyclist dead in Clarksville

Posted: Updated: July 16, 2012 7:42 AM CDT

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -

A 42-year-old man was killed Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle crash in Clarksville.

The wreck happened around 1:30 p.m. on Swift Drive near McGraw Street.

According to a witness, the rider accelerated on Swift Drive, leaned to negotiate a curve, lost control, ran off the road and hit a cemented culvert.

The collision caused the rider and the motorcycle to go airborne.

Joseph Allen Weyand, of Clarksville, died at the scene.

Additional information was not released.

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