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Police identify young man killed in motorcycle crash

Posted at 5:58 AM, Jul 21, 2019
and last updated 2019-07-21 05:58:56-04

VALLEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The young man killed in a motorcycle crash that injured another has been identified.

Austin Lee Brown and a passenger were riding in the area of 118th Avenue and 37th Street in Valley Township at 2 a.m. Sunday morning when the motorcycle failed to stop at a dead end road, flew into an embankment and hit multiple trees.

Brown was in his late teens and pronounced dead at the scene, the female passenger was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise money for funeral expenses.