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The Texas Department of Public Safety says a motorcyclist died following a late Saturday night crash in the Beech Grove Community. It happened at about 10:00 on Highway 190 West near County Road 137, about 4 miles west of Jasper. DPS Sergeant Richard Standifer says 67-year-old Billy Cartlidge, of Woodville, was traveling westbound on a 2011 Harley Davidson when he struck a deer. A medical helicopter was requested at the scene. However, KJAS News has learned that Cartlidge expired a short time later and was pronounced dead by Justice of the Peace Mike Smith.