PARKER COUNTY —
DPS believes a Parker County man on a motorcycle who died in a wreck Thursday morning on Farm-to-Market 51 didn’t see the trailer slowing in front of him.
At approximately 7 a.m. Thursday, highway patrol troopers were called out to a vehicle crash on FM 51, three miles north of Weatherford city limits, according to Department of Public Safety Trooper Lonny Haschel.
Haschel said a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle, driven by Richard “Rick” Massey, 40, of Springtown, crashed into a white 2008 Dodge pickup, driven by Alfonso Lorenzo Jr., of Fort Worth.
Massey was pronounced dead at the scene.
For an undetermined reason, Massey did not see the trailer slowing [to make a right turn] and crashed into the back of it, Haschel said. Massey was reportedly not wearing a helmet at the time.
Lorenzo was uninjured, and no charges have been filed. The crash is still under investigation.
Coworkers of Massey’s expressed their grief over the incident.
“Everybody that worked with him felt the same way — he was such a nice, nice guy and he never wanted anyone to be mad at him,” Lori Brown, HR Manager of GeoDynamics in Millsap, where Massey worked, said. “He was extremely loved by everybody and he will be missed greatly.”
Massey’s wife reportedly was on her way to work when she drove up on the scene, and was taken to the hospital after heart attack-like symptoms.
“She was going to work when she rolled up on the scene,” Brown said. “They told me she was complaining that her chest was hurting and she was taken to the hospital.
“They are still running tests,” Brown said.
Brown said GeoDynamics is taking up collections from employees for the family.
Staff writer Sally Sexton contributed to this report.
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