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Services for Dirt Bike Driver in Collision

(La Porte, IN) - Services have been scheduled for a man who died after a La Porte dirt bike crash just over two weeks ago at Kesling Park.

 

Bryan Porras, 31, was headed northbound on A St. when he wound up in the path of an oncoming pick-up truck making a lefthand turn, according to La Porte Police.

 

Porras was in very critical condition when flown to Memorial Hospital in South Bend, where he passed away about a week later.

 

According to police, the 17-year-old driver of the pick-up truck claimed he didn’t see the oncoming dirt bike. It was dark and the dirt bike did not have headlights or reflectors.

 

Visiting hours are scheduled today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Haverstock Funeral Home. A graveside service is scheduled for Friday at 11 a.m. at the Calumet Park Cemetery in Merrillville.

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