Former Browns WR Jackson killed

Associated Press

TANGIPAHOA, La.

An early morning accident has claimed the lives of two people, including former Browns and Ravens receiver Michael Jackson.

The accident happened about 1 a.m. Friday on U.S. 51, south of the Village of Tangipahoa. After his retirement from football, Jackson had served as the mayor the village from 2009-12.

Dwight said Jackson, 48, of Tangipahoa, was riding a motorcycle north on U.S. 51 at a high rate of speed, when Destiny Gordon, 20, of Kentwood, La., backed her car from a parking space across both lanes of the highway into the motorcycle’s path. Because of the motorcycle’s speed, it penetrated the driver’s side door, killing both Jackson and Gordon, investigators said.