MUNCIE, IN — A Middletown man was killed on Friday, March 20, when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle in southwestern Delaware County.
The victim — identified by Delaware County Coroner Gavin Greene as 40-year-old Russell Cole Adkins — was pronounced dead at the scene, in the 12000 block of South Delaware County Road 800 West.
According to Jeff Stanley, chief deputy of the Delaware County Sheriff’s Department, a Chevrolet truck pulling a dump trailer, driven by a Noblesville resident, was northbound on the county road when it began to turn west into a private driveway.
The motorcycle, also traveling northbound, collided with the rear of the dump trailer.
Stanley said efforts were made to resuscitate the victim, but were unsuccessful. The crash was reported shortly before 8 a.m.
Along with sheriff’s deputies and the coroner, Delaware County EMS and Salem Township firefighters responded to the scene.
An investigation of the crash is continuing.
Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.
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Reporting by Douglas Walker, Muncie Star Press / Muncie Star Press
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