The Chapel Hill Police Department reports that a motorcycle accident at 6:35 a.m. Saturday resulted in the death of the vehicle’s 26-year-old driver.

Sergio Acero was driving on Estes Drive Extension when his motorcycle crashed near Seawell School Road. He was transported to UNC Hospitals were he later died.

The CHPD is investigating the cause of the accident.

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