On June 17, 2021, around 9:25 p.m., officers with the Evansville Police Department and other first responders were dispatched to an accident with injury at the intersection of St. Joseph Ave. and Franklin St.involving a motorcycle and an SUV. The driver of the motorcycle was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Detectives were called to the scene. Detectives spoke with witnesses and learned that the motorcycle driver
was westbound on Franklin St., approaching the intersection at St. Joseph Ave. According to witnesses, the light turned red for eastbound and westbound Franklin, but the motorcycle proceeded through the intersection on a red light. The motorcycle collided with an SUV, which was already in the intersection and turning north onto St. Joseph from eastbound Franklin St.
There were no other reported injuries and the driver of the SUV was cooperative with first responders. There were no other occupants in the SUV. The driver of the SUV was taken to the hospital where his blood could be drawn and sent to the Indiana State Department of Toxicology with his consent. At this time, no charges have been filed and the investigation is still ongoing.
*The Victim’s name and cause of death will be released by the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office at a later time.
