Fatal motorcycle wreck in N. Wichita; victim identified

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A man was killed in a motorcycle accident Friday night in N. Wichita; the victim has been identified as 35-year-old Yaihir Yepez Morales of Wichita.

Investigators believe the victim was traveling east-bound on 37th Street North with a group of bikers when he lost control on a curve and hit a curb, ejecting him off the motorcycle.

Investigators believe speed was a factor in this crash.

This is the 15th traffic death in Wichita this year, and the fifth involving a motorcycle.