A 72-year-old El Paso man died at a hospital following a motorcycle crash in an Upper East Side neighborhood, a police spokesman said.
Richard Max Randolph, of the Upper East Side, crashed while riding a motorcycle at 3:22 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 23, in the 3700 block of John Hayes Street near Loma Dante Drive, El Paso Police Department spokesman Adrian Cisneros stated in a news release issued on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
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A preliminary investigation by the Special Traffic Investigations Unit found that Randolph was northbound on John Hayes Street when, for unknown reasons lost control and crashed where the street begins to curve, police reported. Randolph was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries following the single-vehicle crash.
Police were informed on Tuesday that Randolph had died of his injuries, officials said.
The crash was one of two separate fatal motorcycle accidents that same afternoon of Oct. 23 in El Paso, police said. Yolanda Rainey, 65, of Oklahoma, died when the Harley Davidson motorcycle she was riding crashed into a rock wall while turning from Resler Drive onto High Ridge Drive in the West Side.
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There have been 54 traffic-related deaths in El Paso compared with 57 at the same time last year, according to El Paso police figures.
The investigation into the crash on John Hayes Street continues. Anyone with information may call the police nonemergency number at 915-832-4400 or call anonymously Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 915-566-8477 (TIPS).
Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X.
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