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Man dead after motorcycle accident

Updated: Friday, 26 Jun 2009, 4:37 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 26 Jun 2009, 4:33 PM EDT

SULLIVAN, Ind. (WTHI) - One person is dead after an accident in Sullivan County.

The accident happened on 154 and County Road 900 West, which is just west of Graysville.

The Sullivan County Sheriffs Department said 40-year-old Ronald L. Monan, of Hutsonville, died at the scene. Monan was riding a motorcycle east on State Road 154.

Aaron D. Turpen, 25, of Sullivan, Ind., was driving a pickup truck north on 900 West.

The truck collided with the motorcycle. Monan was not wearing a helmet.

Emergency crews pronounced Monan dead at the scene.

The cause of the accident is unknown and the investigation is ongoing.

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