David Davis Death: Former KUSI News Anchor Dies In Dallas Motorcycle Accident

Former KUSI-TV anchor and reporter David Davis died in a traffic accident near Dallas, the television station reported Wednesday evening.

He joined the KUSI News team in January 2003 and retired earlier this year. Davis was survived by his two children and his wife Staci Ortiz-Davis, who appeared alongside him several times at the television station.

According to his Twitter account, he set out on a riding tour of the country on his Harley-Davidson on Aug. 21. He posted several photos of himself from Alaska, Nevada, Utah, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Michigan, San Diego Union Tribune reported.

Davis graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with a degree in Communications. He anchored for four states across United States.

He received several awards including spot news coverage of the Jeffrey Dahmer capture, and week-long 9/11 reports from New York, KUSI reported, adding, “We offer our condolences to the Davis family and the KUSI News team.”