PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A motorcyclist was killed Thursday night in a crash near the intersection of Sprinkle Road and East Kilgore Road.
Portage Police and Fire personnel, along with personnel from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to the crash around 8:00 p.m.
The preliminary investigation into the crash indicated that a 36-year-old Vicksburg man was operating his motorcycle southbound on Sprinkle Road when he
slowed for uneven pavement in a construction zone. A FedEx delivery truck traveling southbound behind the motorcycle struck the motorcycle from behind.
The driver of the motorcycle sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Accident reconstruction and lab personnel from both the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety and the Portage Department of Public Safety responded to the crash. All southbound lanes of Sprinkle Road were closed for just over two hours for the crash investigation.
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