Michael Abel Killed, Vincente Navejas Hospitalized after Temple Motorcycle Accident on State Highway 317l
Temple, Texas (October 9, 2018) – A  motorcyclist was killed and another was hospitalized after a crash involving two motorcyclists and another vehicle Friday night in Bell County, according to a local news release.
The fatal accident happened at about 7:50 p.m. October 5, on State Highway 317l.
As per the release, 55-year-old Michael Abel, of China Spring, was riding a 2003 Harley Davidson on the highway when Ian Ruston, 56, of Denton, who was driving a Ford pickup southbound on the highway tried to make a U-turn.
Abel’s motorcycle then collided with the Ford and then struck a 2016 Harley Davidson motorcycle ridden by Vincente Navejas, 54, of Waco.
Abel was airlifted to Scott & White Medical Center in Temple, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Navejas was taken Scott & White with incapacitating injuries.
Ruston was arrested on suspicion of DUI. He was booked into the Bell County Jail on a misdemeanour marijuana charge after police found marijuana at the crash scene.
The crash remains under investigation.