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Interstate 57 crash claims life of Danforth man in Kankakee County

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Ryan G. Walters, of Danforth, died in a motorcycle crash Monday on Interstate 57 in Kankakee County.

At approximately 4:31 p.m., the 30-year-old Walters was driving a Harley-Davidson traveling north on I-57. Walters ran off the roadway, Illinois State Police said.

Walters was pronounced dead at a Kankakee hospital, Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner said.

The I-57 northbound lanes were closed at approximately 4:39 p.m. and reopened at about 7:10 p.m., state police said.

No further information is available at this time, state police said.

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