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Beaumont police are releasing the name of a man from Louisiana who died when his motorcycle and a car collided on College Street shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday. 22-year-old Joseph Paul Richardson of Ponchatoula, Louisiana was traveling west on College at a high rate rate of speed, according to the preliminary investigation. Police say a driver traveling east turned from the middle lane across the westbound lanes. Richardson's motorcycle struck the car. He was thrown from the motorcycle and died at the scene. Justice of Peace Ben Collins Sr. has ordered an autopsy.