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Motorcycle driver killed in Fayetteville crash, police say

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A man is dead after a motorcycle accident Wednesday afternoon in Fayetteville.

According to the Fayetteville Police Department, officers responded to a crash around 5:51 p.m. on Gillespie Street at Southern Avenue. When officers arrived, they found a motorcycle and an SUV involved in a crash.

Police said their preliminary investigation determined a 2014 Yamaha motorcycle, operated by Trenton Wayne Thompson, 22, was driving down Gillespie Street when an SUV operated by 43-year-old Hector Elias Burgos turned left onto Southern Avenue and collided with Thompson.

The force of the crash then spun Elias-Burgos’ vehicle into another SUV, driven by Larry Wayne Barber, 65.

Thompson was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. Elias-Burgos and a passenger in his vehicle. Barber was unharmed.

Police said their investigation is ongoing.

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