NOBLE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police say that a motorcyclist died Friday in a crash involving two other vehicles on US 33.
Troopers from Fort Wayne and the Noble County Sheriff’s Department were called around 5 p.m. The initial investigation found traffic had been stopped on US 33 southbound while a vehicle waited to turn east at the intersection with County Road 200 North.
A witness said they saw a white Harley Davidson pass the stopped traffic on the right shoulder when the bike was hit by a Chevy Tahoe that was turning west from northbound US 33 onto CR 200 N.
Police said the driver of the motorcycle, 36-year-old Shawn Patrick Loteckie of Albion, was ejected after the initial impact, and then hit another vehicle that was stopped on CR 200 N.
Loteckie was pronounced dead at the scene by the Noble County Coroner.
According to the police report, the two other drivers involved were not hurt. The driver of the Chevy Tahoe was taken to a hospital to obtain a blood sample for chemical testing. Alcohol was not a suspected factor.
Indiana State Police released the following:
Yesterday (Friday) evening at approximately 5:00pm, State Troopers from the Fort Wayne Post and officers from the Noble County Sheriff’s Department responded to a three vehicle crash on US33 at the intersection of County Road 200 North in Kimmel.
Senior Trooper Nick Meade’s preliminary investigation revealed that at the time of the crash traffic was stopped on southbound US 33 due to a vehicle waiting to turn east at the CR200N intersection. A witness observed a white Harley Davidson motorcycle passing the line of stopped southbound traffic on the right shoulder, and then being struck by a Chevy Tahoe that had turned west from northbound US33 onto CR200N.
The driver of that motorcycle, later identified as Shawn Patrick Loteckie, 36, of Albion, IN, was ejected after that initial impact, and then hit another vehicle that was stopped on CR200N. Loteckie was pronounced dead at the scene by the Noble County Coroner.
The two other drivers involved were not physically injured in the crash. Although alcohol was not suspected as being a factor, the driver of the Chevy Tahoe was transported to a local area hospital to obtain a blood sample for chemical testing as part of the investigatory process required by law in all fatal crashes.
Notifications to Mr. Loteckie’s family were made last evening.
This preliminary information is only a summary of what occurred. This is an ongoing investigation. There is no further information for release at this time.
Senior Trooper Meade was assisted at the scene by Trooper Zach McKenzie, the Noble County Sheriff’s Department, Noble County Fire and EMS personnel, the Noble County Coroner, and Leatherman’s Towing.
