Dirt bike rider dies in crash in N.E. Phila.

Posted: June 19, 2010

An 18-year-old man riding on a dirt bike was killed early Friday when he crashed into a car at an intersection in Bridesburg, police said.

Police said witnesses told them the biker, identified as Dean Nunez, ran a red light and crashed into a 2009 Ford Focus at Tacony and Bridge Streets about 1:15 a.m.

Nunez died at 1:47 a.m. at Aria Health Torresdale Campus, police said. The 21-year-old woman driving the Ford remained at the scene and was not injured. Police said the Kawasaki dirt bike did not have lights and was illegal for street use.

Dean was heading west on Bridge when he hit the Ford, which was traveling south on Tacony. Police are investigating the accident. - Inquirer staff

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