UPDATE (June 7, 2022):
The Allen County Coroner has identified a man killed Monday morning in a crash on West State Boulevard.
The coroner says that the 31-year-old died from blunt force injuries sustained in the crash.
(Original story below)
The Allen County Coroner’s Office released the following:
On Monday, June 6, 2022 at about 0915 hours the Allen County Coroner’s Office was contacted and advised of the death of Brian K. Jewell, male white 31 years of age from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Brian K. Jewell was a motorcyclist involved in a motor vehicle crash in the 2100 block of West State Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The crash occurred at about 0650 hours and was investigated by the Fort Wayne Police Department.
Brian K. Jewell was treated and transported by Three Rivers Ambulance to a local hospital. Death was pronounced a short time after arrival.
The Cause of Death is Multiple Blunt Force Injuries due to Motor Vehicle Crash and the Manner of Death is Accident.
Brian K Jewell is the 20th fatal motor vehicle crash for Allen County in 2022.
This 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) – Fort Wayne police say a motorcyclist was killed in a crash Monday morning close to the Dana plant off West State Boulevard.
FWPD said around 6:50 a.m., they were called to the 2100 block of W. State Blvd. after witnesses reported that there was an unresponsive man lying in the road.
Police say they took “life-saving measures” until medics arrived. The man was taken to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Investigators later found that it was the result of a crash that happened right in front of Dana.
FWPD officials released the following:
At approximately 6:49 am officers responded to a vehicle collision of a motorcycle and two vehicles at the 2100 block of W. State Blvd, in front of Dana Corporation. Prior to officers’ arrival, they were informed a male was lying in the road nonresponsive.
When officers arrived on scene they found a male adult, motorcycle driver, lying in the road. Officers immediately provided life saving measures until medics arrived on scene.
Medics immediately transported the injured male to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.
Preliminary investigations indicate an SUV, sedan, and motorcycle were involved in this incident. The SUV was traveling east bound on State St. turning north into the DANA parking lot. The motorcycle was traveling west bound on State St and swerved to the left to avoid colliding with the SUV. However, the motorcycle grazed the rear corner of the SUV. At this time the sedan was traveling east bound on State St. when the motorcycle then side swiped the sedan and was ejected from the motorcycle. The driver of the SUV did not sustain any injuries. The driver of the sedan had minor injuries to her arms.
Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) and Aerial Support Unit (ASU) was called to the scene to conduct an investigation. All east and west bound lanes of traffic were closed to travel during the investigation.
