Old Guard soldier dies in motorcycle crash

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Old Guard soldier dies in motorcycle crash
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Friday May 30, 2008 6:31:00 EDT

A military police officer with the 3rd Infantry Regiment, better known as the Old Guard, died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash on the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington, Va., the Army announced Thursday.

Spc. Nathan Townsend, 22, of Minor Hill, Tenn., was assigned to the 289th Military Police Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment.

Shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, the U.S. Park Police were notified of a motorcycle that left the roadway northbound on the parkway. Townsend’s body was found at 6:10 a.m. Tuesday in a wooded area between the parkway and the Potomac River. Townsend, who was riding a borrowed sports bike, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

Townsend, who participated in the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally in Washington, D.C., the day before the crash, was wearing a helmet, gloves, a long-sleeved shirt, long pants and boots, said Shaunteh Kelly, a spokeswoman for the Military District of Washington.


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