CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A motorcyclist died in a wreck Sunday around 8:40 p.m. on I-485 at mile marker 49 near Idlewild Road.
Troopers identified the motorcyclist as Richard Burnette, 49, from Matthews.
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Troopers said they were responding to another accident involving a car that was on a wrecker.
While traffic was backed up, the motorcyclist was weaving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed and crashed into the back of a pickup truck, troopers said.
Officials closed the inner loop of I-485 near Lawyers and Idlewild roads during the investigation.
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