CHEYENNE — A local man has been arrested on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and failure to yield while turning left after a crash that killed an unidentified motorcyclist.

Oliver Birt, 29, was arrested following a crash involving a motorcycle at approximately 4:25 p.m. Wednesday, according to Cheyenne Police Department Public Information Officer Alex Farkas.

Officers were dispatched to the crash near the intersection of East Lincolnway and Western Way. The motorcycle rider, a 69-year-old man, suffered life-threatening injuries at the scene. He was transported to the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased.

Preliminary details indicate that Birt, driving a white pickup truck, was attempting to make a left turn onto Western

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