Motorcyclist Dies in Crash on I-20: Grand Prairie Police

A motorcycle driver is dead after he crashed into a truck on Interstate 20 in Grand Prairie Friday morning.

Authorities said the motorcyclist, who has been identified as 26-year-old Paul Graf, was traveling west on westbound I-20 at a high rate of speed he collided with a pickup truck on the Great Southwest Parkway exit just before 9 a.m.

Both the motorcycle and the pickup caught fire, according to officers.

Police said Graf was pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver and female passenger in the truck were not injured.

Witnesses told police Graf was driving faster than 100 mph before crashing.

This is the third traffic fatality in Grand Prairie this year.

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