Motorcyclist going super fast before deadly crash

WARREN — Witnesses estimate that 38-year-old Jimmy May was traveling around 100 miles per hour on his ultra fast Suzuki motorcycle Saturday afternoon when he collided with a car driven by 64-year-old Rylin Robinson, killing both men.

The investigation into the accident continues, but the speed of the motorcycle looks like the chief cause of the accident, said Detective Mike Stabile of the Warren Police Department.

Based on the skid marks and other physical evidence at the scene, it is possible to say that May’s motorcycle was traveling at least 50 mph as it headed westbound near May’s Merriweather Street Northwest home, Stabile said.

Robinson was traveling south on Commerce, a short distance from his house on Clearwater Street, when May’s motorcycle collided with the driver’s side of the car near the driver’s door, pushing Robinson into the passenger side of his 2008 Chevrolet Malibu, Stabile said. Robinson was not wearing a seat belt.

Robinson’s car had a stop sign, and May’s motorcycle did not, Stabile said. A witness who was behind Robinson said he saw a brake light, but it is not known whether Robinson stopped at the stop sign, Stabile said.

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