FM 2499 was closed for several hours early Tuesday as Flower Mound and Grapevine police investigated a motorcycle accident that took the life of a southern Denton County man.
Police were notified at 11:43 p.m. Monday that a motorcycle had lost control and wrecked on FM 2499 near Gerault at the southern city limits. Authorities determined that no other vehicles were involved in the accident.
The driver, identified as Jon Derichsweiler, 27, of Lewisville, was transported to Baylor Scott and White Hospital in Grapevine where he was pronounced dead at 12:18 a.m.