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RICHMOND, IN — An Illinois resident was killed on Monday, Sept. 1, when a motorcycle collided with a truck pulling a trailer.
Kelly Rick, 41, of Ottawa, Illinois — about 80 miles southwest of Chicago — was pronounced dead at the scene of the Wayne County crash at U.S. 35 and Sycamore Street in Williamsburg.
An Illinois resident was killed on Monday, Sept. 1, when a motorcycle collided with a trailer being pulled by a truck at U.S. 35 and Sycamore Street in Williamsburg, Wayne County sheriff’s deputies reported.
According to Wayne County sheriff’s deputies, Joseph Riggs, 71, of Economy, was driving a Ford F-550 truck pulling a flatbed trailer northbound on U.S. 35 when a northbound motorcycle operated by Shane Johnson, 43 — also of Ottawa, Illinois — tried to pass the truck in a no passing-zone.
When the truck began turning west onto Sycamore Street, the motorcycle struck the trailer the truck was pulling, according to a news release.
Rick was a passenger on the motorcycle Johnson operated.
Both Johnson and Riggs were taken to an area hospital for treatment of what were described as “non-life-threatening injuries,” the release said.
“The crash remains under investigation pending toxicology reports,” according to Maj. Alan Moore, chief deputy of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department.
Wayne County emergency dispatchers were notified of the crash about 5 p.m. Monday.
In addition to deputies, Williamson and Fountain City firefighters, the Reid Health EMS and Trauma Team and a representative of the Wayne County coroner’s staff responded to the scene.
This article originally appeared on Richmond Palladium-Item: Motorcycle-truck crash in Wayne County leads to fatality
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