Motorcycle rider killed in accident near Vernon
Staff reports
Times Record News
A Mabank, Texas, man was killed in a motorcycle accident just east of Vernon on Sunday.
Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Ronald Christopher Briley, 44, was riding a BMW motorcycle west on U.S. Highway 70 when he apparently had a medical episode.
Witnesses saw Briley grab his left arm and tense up, according to the DPS. He lost control of his motorcycle and struck the center median and cable barrier.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.