CHARLOTTE — A deadly motorcycle crash shut down an east Charlotte road Monday morning, police said.
It happened around 11 a.m. on Eastway Drive between The Plaza and Commercial Avenue.
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On Tuesday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department identified the motorcycle driver as Jorge Jafeth Pena, 23.
Police said Pena was going north on Eastway Drive when he hit a Honda Accord as it was turning onto Eastway Drive.
CMPD said investigators believe Pena was speeding, and that was a factor in the crash.
The driver in the Honda wasn’t injured, police said.
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