A 39-year-old Cobb County man died Wednesday from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash last Friday, police said.

Curtis Endsley of Austell lost control of his Suzuki motorcycle about midnight on Riverside Parkway as he was approaching Flamingo Drive, Cobb police Sgt. Dana Pierce said.

Investigators think excessive speed was a factor as Endsley tried to handle a left curve, Pierce said. Endsley was thrown from the motorcycle after it hit a fire hydrant. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call police at (770) 499-3987.

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