A motorcyclist was killed overnight when he was speeding down Flores Street in the 'SoFlo' neighborhood just south of downtown, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
Police say the man in his fifties had just argued with his girlfriend at a bar on South Flores about 10PM when he stormed out of the bar, jumped on his cycle, and sped away.
He didn't get far.
Police say the man lost control, jumped a curb, and slammed into a fence post
.Police and EMS rushed to the scene and did their best, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Nobody else was involved in the accident.