The Texas Department of Public Safety says the motorcyclist who was killed in a three-car crash on Thursday morning is 25-year-old Jonathan Husky.
According to accident reports, the Corsicana resident died at the scene of the accident on Interstate Highway 45. He was pronounced dead by Justice of the Peace of Precinct 2, Darrell Waller.
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Sgt. Sara Warren said it was around 6:55 a.m. when troopers responded to the crash on the southbound side of the highway.
The accident happened next to the 242 exit for Calhoun Street in Rice.
Initial investigations revealed that a Freightliner truck tractor was towing a flatbed semi-trailer and heading south in the right-hand lane.
A Yamaha R3 motorcycle was traveling directly behind the Freightliner while a Kia Optima was also going south but in the middle lane.
For reasons that were not immediately clear, the motorcycle attempted to pass the Freightliner and instead hit the back of the semi-trailer.
The motorcycle went flying down the roadway. Husky was ejected and he ended up in the middle lane of I-45.
The driver of the Kia, 25-year-old Mackenzie Warrens, could not stop in time and struck Husky.
Neither Warrens nor the driver of the Freightliner, 35-year-old Brian Tucker, suffered injuries.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing.
On average, a motorcyclist dies every day in Texas. In 2019, more than 7,500 motorcycle accidents were reported and 406 of them resulted in a fatality.
Motorcycles are often overlooked by other road users because they are small, and this makes riders more vulnerable to accidents.
Since there is little to protect them when they get struck, bikers often suffer life-changing or fatal injuries.
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