Normal Police investigating fatal motorcycle crash

Posted on June 20, 2019
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Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner said the fatal crash happened around 1:42 p.m. Thursday.(Facebook/Illinois Department of Transportation)

 

By Neil Doyle

NORMAL – One person was killed after a motorcycle crash in northeast Normal.

Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner said the crash happened on Pipeline Road, just north of I-55, at 1:42 p.m. Thursday. Witness reports indicate the motorcycle was travelling north on Pipeline Road when it left the roadway and struck a utility pole.

The male driver was transported to a local hospital and was pronounced dead.  McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has yet to release the victims name.

Police blocked the northbound lanes of Pipeline Road for about a quarter mile, between I-55 and Northtown Road while an accident reconstructionist worked the scene.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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