Killeen Police Identify Motorcycle Operator in Fatal Crash

Killeen, TX (January 27, 2025): Investigators with the Traffic Unit have identified the 20-year-old Fort Cavazos soldier as Zakari Ryan Noah from New York.

The Killeen Police Department Traffic Unit continues to investigate this fatality and there is no further information at this time.

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NEWS RELEASE: KILLEEN POLICE INVESTIGATE A MOTORCYCLE FATALITY ON STATE HIGHWAY 195

Killeen, TX (January 25, 2025): On Saturday, January 25, 2025, at approximately 1:55 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of State Highway 195 and Creek Place Drive in response to a traffic accident. Upon arrival, officers discovered that a motorcycle had collided with a pickup truck at the intersection.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a black Honda motorcycle was traveling southbound on SH 195. Witnesses reported that the motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed and weaving between vehicles.

A red Toyota pickup truck traveling eastbound on Creek Place Drive, was preparing to turn northbound onto SH 195, began to enter the median when the motorcycle struck the driver’s side of the truck.

The motorcyclist, a 20-year-old Fort Cavazos solider, was pronounced deceased at the scene by Justice of the Peace Nicola James at 2:16 p.m. She ordered an autopsy to be performed at the Southwest Institute of Forensic Science in Dallas. His name has been withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The motorcyclist was wearing a helmet.

The driver of the pickup truck did not report any injuries.

The Killeen Police Department Traffic Unit continues to investigate this fatality and there is no further information at this time.

Ofelia Miramontez
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department