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After 3 fatal motorcycle accidents in central Indiana in 3 days, safety advocates urge caution on roads

Crashes involving motorcycles claimed three lives in Marion County recently.

INDIANAPOLIS — Out of every job J'son Rinehart had, being a dad was his favorite. 

"I have never met somebody with that many goals and ambitions, let alone at 23," fiancé Ashley Kincanon said.

Rinehart was getting ready to go to college for computer science and welcome his twin daughters this summer. But after the love of his daughters was the love for his motorcycle.

"He did not care if it was 20 degrees or 80 degrees, if it was sunny or raining, he would take every single chance he had to go riding," Kincanon said.

Kincanon said that's what he was doing Saturday, March 23, when they went out to their cousin's birthday party.

"The last thing I ever said in his presence was, 'Say bye dad,' and [his daughter] said, 'Bye daddy,'" Kincanon said.

Credit: Ashley Kincanon
J'son Rinehart and Ashley Kincanon

Police said when Rinehart was driving on the ramp from Interstate 465 to Interstate 69 northbound on Indianapolis' northeast side, he lost control of his motorcycle and hit a guardrail along the ramp.

Investigators said the crash threw him from his bike, and that's when he got stuck underneath a trailer pulled by a pickup truck. The crash killed him.

Just one day later, a 25-year-old was killed in a hit-and-rush crash on Indy's southeast side. Then early Tuesday morning, police say a motorcyclist was killed along East 30th Street when the motorcycle slid off the road.

Motorcycle safety advocates told 13News they were shocked to see so many fatal crashes so early in the year.

"We don't see many of those happen in January, February, March and December, so having this many this early is certainly concerning," said Jay Jackson, ABATE Indiana executive director.

That's why advocates say now is when everyone, either behind the wheel of a car or on the back of a motorcycle, needs to be cautious.

But Kincanon does not want people to remember the crash, but rather the driver.

"He did say if he ever did die, he would want it to be out on his bike," she said. "As devastated as I am, I'm so glad he got his wish."

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