54-year-old motorcyclist dies after she runs over pothole, is thrown from bike

Chicago Police Department
A 54-year-old woman died Monday evening after she drove her motorcycle over a pothole and was thrown off of her bike, according to Chicago police. Photo credit Getty Images

CHICAGO — A woman died after her motorcycle hit a pothole on the Near South Side Monday evening, according to Chicago police.

The woman, 54, was driving west in the 2000 block of South Archer Avenue about 5 p.m. when she was thrown from the motorcycle and hit her head, police said.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

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