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Police ID man killed in Newport News motorcycle crash

Posted at 4:15 PM, Apr 18, 2016
and last updated 2016-04-18 22:28:41-04

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A man is dead and a teen injured after a motorcycle crash in Newport News on Monday.

Police say the accident happened just before 3 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue, just east of Main Street.

They say 23-year-old Ryan Wayne Hewitt of  Newport News was operating a motorcycle going southbound on Jefferson Avenue.

Witnesses say Hewitt appeared to be speeding and weaving in and out of traffic.

A van was going northbound on Jefferson Avenue and making a left turn onto Warwickshire Court when the motorcycle slammed into the rear passenger side of the van.

A woman and a teen were in the van at the time. The adult was not injured but the teen was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Hewitt was pronounced dead at the hospital.