Woman dies in Virginia motorcycle crash after hitting guardrail in curve

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A woman is dead after a motorcycle crash in Newport News.

Police say the crash happened around 7 p.m. at the intersection of Saunders Road and Daphia Circle, which is west of J Clyde Morris Boulevard.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found a single motorcycle crash.

Police said the preliminary investigation revealed that a woman on the motorcycle was traveling westbound on Saunders Road.

Police said the woman was turning along a curved road and crashed into a guardrail.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her identity has not been made public. No other information was released.