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Motorcyclist killed after hitting back of wife’s turning car

DILLINER, Pa. – Pennsylvania police say a motorcyclist who struck the back of his wife’s turning car was thrown from his bike and killed.

Troopers from the Waynesburg barracks say 22-year-old James Nicklow was riding behind 37-year-old Rikki Nicklow’s vehicle on Route 88 when he hit the left rear of her car as she was turning left onto another road.

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Police say James Nicklow was thrown from the motorcycle and died at a hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The crash occurred shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday in Dunkard Township. Police say the couple lived nearby.

Dunkard is about 60 miles south of Pittsburgh, along the West Virginia border.

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