Man riding dirt bike dies in collision with vehicle
Man riding dirt bike dies in collision with vehicle
By WECT Staff | March 15, 2021 at 1:54 PM EDT - Updated March 15 at 4:11 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A man riding a dirt bike was killed after a collision with another vehicle Saturday in Wilmington.
According to the Wilmington Police Department, the wreck took place at approximately 5 p.m. at the intersection of S. 10th and Orange streets.
“Curtis Wheeler, 38, was stopped by a WPD officer for riding his dirt bike on the sidewalk,” the WPD stated in a news release. “He fled heading north on 10th St. (on the road, not the sidewalk), where he collided with a vehicle making a left turn onto Orange St. and went airborne. The vehicle’s occupants were not injured. Wheeler was pronounced deceased at the scene.