A 61-year-old Lincoln man driving a motorcycle was killed in a crash with an SUV on Saturday night in northeast Lincoln, according to police.

Just before 8 p.m. officers were called to the area of North 48th Street and Leighton Avenue.

The preliminary investigation determined a 29-year-old Lincoln woman driving a 2014 Chevrolet Traverse pulled out of a business lot on the east side of North 48th Street turning left to go southbound on North 48th Street, when she struck a northbound motorcycle, police said in a news release. The motorcycle driver was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, according to police.

Lincoln Fire and Rescue took the motorcycle driver to a local hospital where he died from his injuries. The driver of the SUV did not sustain any injuries.

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