Man dies in motorcycle accident in Frederick County

Paola Belloso
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FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) said a man has died after a motorcycle accident Saturday evening.

At about 8 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the 4800 block of Winchester Boulevard a call for a single-vehicle crash.

Fatal motorcycle crash on Crain Highway in Prince George’s County

Deputies said the motorcycle was traveling south on Winchester Boulevard when it went off the road down into a ditch, hit a steep embankment of a drainage ditch, and ended in a gravel area off the road.

The man was transported to the hospital and died there. He was identified as 34-year-old John Ryan Coblentz of Jefferson, Maryland.

FSCO said speed and failing to stay on the road were a factor in the crash.

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