UPDATE: May 25 at 12:40 p.m.
The Fayette County Coroner has identified the motorcyclist killed in the crash as 21-year-old Landon Thomas Carter from Bedford.
According to the coroner’s report, the motorcycle rider “disregarded the traffic signal on High Street and entered the intersection at a high rate of speed where he struck a passing pickup truck traveling on North Limestone.”
The report list multiple blunt force trauma as the cause of death.
Original Story:
Police spent the night investigating a deadly crash in downtown Lexington.
According to Lexington Police, a truck and motorcycle collided at East Short Street and North Limestone around 11 p.m. Friday.
Law enforcement informed LEX 18 one person was pronounced dead at the scene but we don't currently have details on the person who died or how the crash happened in the first place.
The area of the crash downtown was shutdown overnight as police conducted their investigation.
