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Officers investigate fatal motorcycle crash in Virginia Beach

A motorcyclist is dead following a crash involving a pickup truck at the intersection of Newtown Road and Baker Road.

Police investigated a fatal motorcycle crash on Tuesday.

According to dispatch, an officer found the accident scene around 3:10 p.m. at the intersection of Newtown Road and Baker Road.

A Virginia Beach spokeswoman told 13News Now that the crash involved a motorcycle and a pickup truck.

The motorcyclist was traveling southbound on Newtown, and the pickup truck was traveling northbound. The pickup truck attempted to make a left-hand turn on Baker Road in front of the motorcyclist and didn't yield the right of way. The pickup truck hit the motorcycle, and then struck an SUV headed eastbound on Baker Road.

Medics pronounced the motorcyclist dead at the scene. Officials later identified him as 48-year-old Derek Byron Smith of Norfolk.

All lanes are open following the crash.

No further information has been released at this time.

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