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Man dies in Metro-East motorcycle wreck

05:43 PM CDT on Thursday, June 11, 2009

Daniel Fredman, KMOV.com

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(KMOV) -- A Fairview Heights, Ill. man is dead following a motorcycle accident Thursday morning.

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Michael Weissert, 49, died at the scene when his motorcycle crashed on Llewellen Road, just west of Frank Scott Parkway in Swansea, Illinois.

The accident happened at 6:30 a.m.   

Weissert was not wearing a helmet.

Police say the roads were wet at the time of the crash. 

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