HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Huntington County late Saturday afternoon. Police and medics were called just before 6 p.m. to U.S. 24 East just west of Meridian Road on a report of a crash.
According to a Huntington County Sheriffs Department report, a Harley Davidson motorcycle was headed eastbound on U.S. 24 when the operator failed to negotiate a curve in the road at at a high rate of speed. The motorcycle left the roadway and vaulted across a small creek before it overturned, and the operator was thrown off, the report said.
The operator was taken to a Fort Wayne hospital, but declared dead a short time later. The victim was not identified.
It is believed the motorcyclist was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.
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