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MO Man Jimmie Watkins ID’d As Victim In Saturday Night Fatal St. Louis Motorcycle Crash Involving MoDOT Truck

SAINT LOUIS COUNTY, MO. (THECOUNT) — Jimmie Lee Watkins of Florissant, Missouri, has been identified as the victim in a fatal motorcycle crash in Saint Louis County Saturday night.

Watkins, 55, was killed in a crash on Interstate 70 involving an MoDOT truck Saturday night.

According to reports, Watkins was operating a motorcycle on I-70 near Salisbury Street in St. Louis, when the bike came into contact with an MoDOT truck around 9 p.m. Saturday.

Watkins was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: St. Louis County is located in the eastern-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is bounded by the city of St. Louis and the Mississippi River to the east, the Missouri River to the north, and the Meramec River to the south – Wikipedia.

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