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Tucson Region

Motorcyclist dies in crash with truck on South Side

Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 05.18.2007
A motorcyclist was killed Thursday morning when he collided with a truck at a South Side intersection, police said.
Johnny Pena, 42, was driving a 2000 Yamaha motorcycle east on West Ajo Way when a northbound truck on South 12th Avenue made a right turn on a red light in front of him, said Officer Frank Amado, of the Tucson Police Department.
Pena died at University Medical Center.
The driver of the 2004 GMC Sierra truck, 22-year-old Steven A. Bracamonte, was not seriously injured.
No citations have been issued pending the results of an investigation.