Michael Abel Dead, Vincente Navejas Injured in Motorcycle Accident on SH 317l in Temple

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.