WILLIAMSBURG, Ind. — One person is dead and two more are in the hospital after a motorcycle crash in Wayne County.
Sheriff's deputies were called around 5 p.m. Monday to the intersection of North U.S. 35 and Sycamore Street in Williamsburg. Upon arrival, they found a crash site involving a motorcycle and a Ford F-550 pulling a flatbed trailer.
A preliminary investigation by police revealed the truck driver was headed northbound on U.S. 35, followed by a motorcycle with two people on board. Police said the motorcycle driver "attempted to pass the Ford in a no-passing zone as the truck began turning onto Sycamore."
Police said the motorcycle then collided with the truck's trailer. Nearby witnesses gave the motorcycle's passenger first aid and called 911.
Kelly Rick, a 41-year-old from Ot