A 42-year-old Bauxite man was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Benton Monday, the ninth person to die this month while riding a motorcycle or ATV.

According to a preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police, Johnny Griffin, 42, was southbound on Sharon Road on a Harley Davidson motorcycle when a 2020 Audi pulled out in front of him. Griffin had the right of way at the time.

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The report said the motorcycle struck the front passenger quarter panel of the car and Griffin laid the bike over, causing it to slide into a stop sign and AT&T phone box before coming to rest in a yard. Griffin was taken to Saline Memorial Hospital where he died of his injuries.

The accident was reported at 1:59 a.m. and the death was the 449th so far this year on the state’s highways.