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Motorcycle crash kills rider

A motorcycle crash claimed the life of an Evansville man.

The crash happened Saturday night in the 7600 block of Mesker Park Drive, near Kleitz Road.

A news release from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year-old Matthew Yandell had been traveling eastbound on Mesker Park, when the motorcycle ran off the road and hit a tree.

The sheriff’s office says deputies found Yandell and the motorcycle in a yard. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The sheriff’s office says Yandell was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.