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SALT LAKE CITY — A motorcycle rider was killed Wednesday after colliding with a suspected impaired driver.
Wilhelm Robert Heider, 26, was booked into the Salt lake County Jail for investigation of automobile homicide.
Just before 11 p.m., Heider was pulling out of a parking lot onto 300 West near 900 South when he was hit by a motorcycle, according to Salt Lake police.
"As a result of this collision, the driver of the motorcycle died. Upon questioning, Mr. Heider admitted to having at least four servings/drinks of alcohol," a police booking affidavit states.
Heider's blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.129%, or about 2 1/2 times the legal limit.
The name of the deceased motorcyclist was not immediately released.
