By Associated Press - Friday, April 3, 2015

REEVES, La. (AP) - State police are investigating a fatal motorcycle accident in Allen Parish.

Sgt. James Anderson says 74-year-old Dempsey C. Rion Jr., of Reeves, was northbound a parish road Thursday afternoon when he lost control of his 1996 Honda Gold Wing 3-wheeled motorcycle in curve, ran off the road and hit a fence.

Anderson says Rion, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Allen Parish Coroner’s Office.

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