Rider killed when motorcycle runs off Arkansas highway

A Mountain Pine man was killed Saturday afternoon when the Harley Davidson motorcycle he was riding left the road and struck a road sign in Garland County, Arkansas State Police said.

The rider was identified as 64-year-old Ralph Kelly Gray Jr. Police said he was headed south on Arkansas 227 near Mountain Pine when the crash occurred.

Police said the weather was clear and dry around 2:28 p.m. when the accident occurred.

The death was the 202nd fatality on Arkansas roads in 2015, according to preliminary state police records.

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