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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - A 77-year-old Springfield man is dead following a motorcycle crash on Monday afternoon.

The Sangamon County Coroner stated that the man was injured after his motorcycle hit a pickup truck near 9th Street and Carpenter Street in Springfield. 

The man was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 3 p.m.

His name will not be released until family is notified. 

The coroner's office said an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, and the death is under investigation.

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