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Teen riding dirt bike killed in North Texas crash with truck, officials say

The crash happened Monday afternoon on FM-1753 near Richerson Road in Grayson County.
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GRAYSON COUNTY, Texas — A 15-year-old was killed after he crashed his dirt bike into a truck on FM-1753 near Richerson Road in Grayson County Monday, officials said.

Grant Harris, 15, was riding a Yamaha TTR230 dirt bike northeast in a barrow ditch of FM-1753 near Richerson Road shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, tried to enter the roadway and hit a truck towing a trailer, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Harris was taken to Medical City Plano, where he died from his injuries Tuesday, officials said.

The driver of the truck, a 32-year-old woman from Little Elm, wasn’t injured, officials said.

The investigation into the crash is ongoing, and Texas DPS didn’t provide more details.

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