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Detail shop employee killed in motorcycle crash

FORT WORTH, Texas — The 20-year-old’s manager believed the incident was likely a freak accident.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Justin Collum, a 20-year-old employee of Teph Seal Auto Detailing at Burleson Nissan, was killed when his motorcycle rear-ended a water truck, according to the Burleson Star.

The water truck had stopped to turn when the collision happened, said the article.

“He was like a little brother to us at the shop,” said Collum’s friend and manager, Justin Raleigh, in the article. “He was the life of the shop.”

According to the article, Raleigh believed Collum was a skilled rider.

“He came into work every day, did what he needed to do,” Raleigh shared in the article. “I hired him in and his first day, everybody loved him.”

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