UPDATE: MARCH 21; 1:28 P.M.
The Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the motorcyclist who was struck and killed at the intersection of Holly Road and Airline Road Saturday morning around 7:30 a.m.
64-year-old Johnny Bryant was riding his motorcycle early Saturday morning when a pickup fatally hit him.
Police say the driver of the truck was trying to turn from Holly onto Airline Road when Bryant's motorcycle was hit. The driver of the truck was ticketed, police say.
ORIGINAL: MARCH 15; 12:42 P.M.
A motorcyclist was killed in a fatal traffic accident that took place on the city's Southside.
According to CCPD Blotter, on Saturday, March 15, at 7:26 a.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of Airline and Holly Road for a major traffic accident involving a motorcycle.
Officers arrived at a two-vehicle crash between a pickup truck and a motorcycle. Medics transported the driver of the motorcycle, a 64-year-old man, to the hospital,l where he later died from his injuries. The driver of the pickup was not injured.
Investigators with the Traffic Unit arrived and found that the pickup driver while driving west on Holly Road, was attempting to turn south onto Airline Road during a yellow flashing turn arrow. At the same time, the motorcyclist was traveling east on Holly Road through the intersection when he was struck by the pickup, the blotter post states.
The pickup driver received a citation for failure to yield the right-of-way for a left turn but was not intoxicated. It is unknown if the motorcyclist was wearing a helmet.
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