NEOSHO COUNTY, KS. (THECOUNT) — Ronald Keith Bigpond and Richard Thomas Standridge, both of Chanute, Kansas, have been identified as the victims in an early Saturday motorcycle crash in Neosho County.

Bigpond, 52, and 47-year-old Standridge, were both killed in a motorcycle crash near Chanute Saturday after midnight.

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According to reports, Bigpond was operating a motorcycle with Standridge as his passenger in Chanute, when for unknown reasons, the bike crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. The bike then traveled across a set of railroad tracks and rolled over.

Both riders were pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Neosho County is a county located in the south east of the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 16,512. The county seat is Erie – Wikipedia.