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Motorcyclist killed in crash after trying to exit I-465 onto Rockville Road

The crash happened Saturday around 5 p.m. on the Rockville Road ramp from northbound I-465.

INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating a crash involving a motorcycle that left one person dead late Saturday afternoon.

It happened around 5 p.m. on the ramp to Rockville Road from northbound Interstate 465 on Indianapolis' west side.

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Indiana State Police said a preliminary investigation determined the motorcyclist was going north on I-465 and attempted to exit at Rockville Road. The rider, later identified as 50-year-old Matthew Rhodes, lost control in the curve of the ramp, ran off the road and struck a sign. 

There were no other vehicles involved. Police said Rhodes was not wearing a helmet.  

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