AURORA | An unidentified motorcycle rider died Wednesday night when he crashed broadside into a car while racing with another motorcycle rider on a northeast Aurora street, police said.
Police were called to the 19500 block of East 38th Avenue at about 10 p.m. after reports of a car crash there.
“When officers arrived at the scene, they located an adult male motorcycle rider who was deceased at the scene,” Aurora Police spokesperson Joe Moylan said in a statement.
Police said an initial investigation revealed that a motorist in a Kia Seltos was driving east on 38th Avenue was making a “legal” U-turn when the crash occurred.
“Witnesses reported two motorcycles appeared to be racing each other, also traveling east on 38th Avenue,” Moylan said. “One of those two motorcycles t-boned the K