Killeen Police Investigate a Motorcycle Fatality on Rancier Avenue

Killeen, TX (March 28, 2024): Investigators with the Killeen Police Department Traffic Unit investigate a motorcycle fatality on Rancier Avenue.

On Thursday, March 28, 2024, at approximately 9:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of E. Rancier Avenue and N. 10th Street in reference to a motorcycle crash involving the Texas Department of Public Safety. Upon the officers’ arrival, the operator of a motorcycle was in transport to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in critical condition.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a State Trooper was attempting to conduct a traffic stop on a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed near the intersection of S. Fort Hood Street and W. Veterans Memorial Blvd. The trooper was able to catch up to the motorcycle and initiate a traffic stop when the operator fled the area eastbound on W. Rancier Avenue at a high rate of speed. The trooper continued to follow and catch up to the motorcycle when the motorcyclist reached the intersection of E. Rancier Avenue and N. 10th Street. The motorcyclist disregarded the red light and struck a blue Lexus ES350 that was traveling northbound across the intersection. The operator of the Lexus was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

The motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Gregory Johnson at 10:50 a.m.

The name of the motorcyclist will not be released until next of kin is notified.

Traffic Investigators continue to investigate this fatal crash and there is no other information to be released at this time.

Ofelia Miramontez
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department