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Unified Police identify victim in fatal motorcycle crash in Big Cottonwood Canyon

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Unified Police have identified a motorcyclist who died when his bike crashed into a rock wall in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

UPD Detective Chuck Malm said 62-year-old Barry S. Walton, of Taylorsville, was riding west along an “S” curve about 3 p.m. Tuesday when he apparently lost control, went off the road and slammed into the rocks.

Walton, who was not wearing a helmet, was dead when officers arrived at the scene. Passersby had, moments before, stopped to render aid but it was too late.