DALLAS — A 40-year-old man was killed and a 38-year-old woman is in critical condition after they were in a motorcycle crash Monday night, Dallas police said.
The crashed happened shortly before 11:30 p.m. on the 12500 block of TI Boulevard.
Police say the motorcycle was headed south at a high rate of speed when the man driving it failed to negotiate a curve and struck a guard rail. The female passenger was then thrown over the guard rail and into a creek bed below.
The motorcycle came to a rest in the roadway.
According to officials, a passerby saw the wrecked motorcycle and heard a woman crying for help.
Both the driver and passenger were taken to a local hospital, officials said. The driver later died at the hospital.
This is an ongoing investigation.