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No helmet rider dies in motorcycle crash

by Roxanne Werly

Posted: 05.21.2012 at 9:55 AM

Roxanne Werly

Roxanne Werly is the Interactive and Broadcast Managing Editor for TV 7&4 and 29&8

EAST BAY TWP. -- A Traverse City man is dead after losing control of his motorcycle.

It happened Saturday around 8:12pm in Grand Traverse County.

The Sheriff said James Paul Ritter, 34, was riding on S. Hobbs Highway near Last Bay Drive when he lost control on a curve. Ritter was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

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