JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A motorcyclist is dead after running off the road on Manning Cemetery Road on Monday afternoon, says the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO).

According to JSO, a man in his 50’s was traveling on a motorcycle northbound on 5200 Manning Cemetery Road. The motorcycle ran off the road east of the roadway and crashed.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue transported the man to a local hospital, and he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving.

JSO says this is the twelfth fatality in Duval County this year and the second involving a motorcycle.

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