Motorcyclist, 22, killed on I-85 Service Road

MECKLENBURG

A motorcycle rider was killed early Saturday morning when he lost control in a curve and hit a chain-link fence and a utility pole, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said. Rickey Sanchez Blair, 22, died about 5:35 a.m. when he wrecked on Interstate 85 Service Road near Statesville Road. Police said Blair was speeding around a curve when he lost control. -- MELISSA MANWARE