UPDATE: 08/08/2023; 4:20 P.M.
KRIS 6 News has learned the name of the man who died in the crash early Monday morning. Robert Barrera was a manager at Wings N' More on South Staples Street, according to reports from several employees at that restaurant. A makeshift memorial has been made at that Wings N' More in his honor.
UPDATE: 08/07/2023; 6:21 A.M.
All lanes of travel are now open on the JFK Causeway.
ORIGINAL: 08/07/2023; 4:48 A.M.
All lanes from The Island into Corpus Christi are closed because of a deadly crash. Corpus Christi Police said it happened near Red Dot Pier Monday around 2:15 a.m. Monday morning.
Officers said they received calls about a motorcycle accelerating and then crashing, and when they got to the scene, they found the driver dead. No information about the driver has been released.
CCPD said the lanes will remain closed until the investigation is complete and the scene is cleared. Until then, anyone needing to get from the island into Corpus Christi will have to go to Port Aransas and take the ferry.
This is a developing story, we will update you when lanes reopen.
