(UPDATE July 3, 2024):
The man who was killed in a downtown Fort Wayne motorcycle crash Monday night has been identified. The Allen County Coroner says he was 21-year-old Brian Cook of Fort Wayne. He crashed just before 7 p.m. in front of the post office at the intersection of Clinton and Brackenridge streets. He died after being taken to a hospital.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office released the following:
On July 1, 2024, at about 20:10 hours the Allen County Coroner’s Office was notified of a death at a local hospital that resulted from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash. The crash occurred on July 1, 2024, at about 18:50 hours at S. Clinton Street and E. Brackenridge Street, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The victim has been identified as Brian Michael Scott Cook, male, White, 21 years of age, from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Notification has been made to the legal next of kin.
The Cause of Death is Multiple Blunt Force Injuries due to Motor Vehicle Crash and the Manner of Death is Accident.
Brian Michael Scott Cook is the 15th motor vehicle fatality for Allen County in 2024.
The incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
ORIGINAL STORY:
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Police Department says that one person died in a crash on Monday. It happened just before 7 p.m. at South Clinton and East Brackenridge.
Police believe the man who died was on a motorcycle and t-boned a vehicle coming out of the post office. Police think speed and light conditions were factors in the crash.
The man was pronounced dead by ER staff at the hospital.4
The FWPD released the following:
On Monday July 1st, around 6:51 pm, a person reported a personal injury traffic accident around the South Clinton and East Brackenridge Streets intersection. The Fort Wayne Police Department responded and discovered that a male on a motorcycle T-boned a vehicle coming out of the US post office.
The male’s condition at the scene was determined to be life-threatening. Later, per the ER hospital staff, he was pronounced dead. It is believed that speed and light conditions were factors in this accident.
This incident is being investigated by the Fort Wayne department’s FACT and by the Allen County ‘s office.
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