Arkansas man dies day after motorcycle runs off highway

A 36-year-old Malvern man died Saturday from injuries sustained a day before when his motorcycle ran off a highway in Hot Spring County, authorities said.

The wreck happened about 3:20 p.m. Friday as Christopher Motes rode a motorcycle west on U.S. 270 near Jones Mill, Arkansas State Police said in a report released Tuesday.

Police say Motes lost control in a curve and the motorcycle veered off the highway. He was taken to CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs, where he died late Saturday morning, the report said.

Conditions at the time of the wreck were said to be clear and dry.

The death was the 291st reported to Arkansas State Police so far in 2016, according to preliminary figures.

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