On Saturday, March 5, there was a traffic crash in front of Raceway which led to the death of a motorcyclist.
According to Beaumont Police, the accident happened around 3.25 p.m. Jaime Joseph Jacob, aged 33 of Lafayette, was travelling eastbound in the 4200 block of College Street on his motorcycle. At the same time, 41 year old Valencia Perkins, of Pearland, was traveling westbound in the left hand lane of the 4200 block. Perkins told police she did not know what happened but that Jacobs had hit her windshield. She also advised police that there was a third vehicle involved, which she described as a white car. The driver of the white car, a female, approached Perkins and told her that Jacobs had “side swiped” her vehicle and then she left the scene.
Perkins was uninjured but Jacob was taken to hospital and died of his injuries.
Investigators are asking that anyone that witnessed the crash or was in a vehicle that may have been involved, to contact them so that they can complete their investigation.
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