APD SAYS SPEED AND ALCOHOL APPEAR TO BE FACTORS IN THE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT DEATH OF A MOTORCYCLIST ON ALBUQUERQUE'S WEST SIDE. POLICE SAY 36 YEAR OLD JASON PATTERSON WAS TRAVELLING SOUTH ON 59TH STREET WHEN HE PASSED THE STOP SIGN AT THE "T" INTERSECTION AT AVALON ROAD, LOST CONTROL AND WAS THROWN FROM THE MOTORCYCLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO UNMH WHERE HE LATER DIED.
POLICE ALSO SAY PATTERSON WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET, AND DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENT ON HIS DRIVERS LICENSE.
