Killeen Police Investigate Fatality Crash on Interstate 14

UPDATE: Killeen, TX (September 22, 2025): The motorcyclist who died in this crash has been identified as Jeffrey Pogany, 28. This investigation remains active and no further information is available at this time.

Killeen, TX (September 18, 2025): Killeen Police are investigating the death of a motorcyclist who was struck by a vehicle.

On September 18, 2025, at 4:17 a.m., Killeen Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to a report of a vehicle crash on westbound I-14 at the Trimmier overpass. Officers arrived and found that a motorcycle had been struck by a passenger car. The driver of the motorcycle was deceased on scene.

The KPD Traffic Unit responded to the scene and preliminary investigation indicates that a 2008 Yamaha motorcycle was travelling westbound on I-14, when it was overtaken and struck from the rear by a blue 2014 Honda sedan. Witnesses report that the Honda was traveling at an extremely high rate of speed when it overtook and struck the motorcycle. The Honda was being operated by a juvenile male at the time of the crash.

The 28-year-old male motorcyclist died at the scene. He was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Coleman at 6:32 a.m. No other injuries were reported.

This investigation is on-going and the interstate remains closed at the time of this release. We encourage the public to remain patient and choose alternative routes of travel, if possible.

No further information will be released at this time.

Alex Gearhart
Assistant Chief of Police
Killeen Police Department