LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln Police Department has identified the 17-year-old motorcyclist from Lincoln, who died hours after a crash in southwest Lincoln on Tuesday.

On Thursday, LPD identified the motorcyclist as 17-year-old Derek Klotz of Lincoln.

Tuesday, Lincoln Fire and Rescue and Lincoln Police responded to the intersection of Southwest 23rd and West South streets shortly before 2:45 p.m. on the report of a crash. A Buick Enclave and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in the collision.

According to a preliminary investigation conducted by LPD, the Buick, driven by a 69-year-old Lincoln woman, was on Southwest 23rd Street preparing to turn left onto West South Street when the woman said she heard a motorcycle speeding. She began to turn left when she saw the motorcycle’s head

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