Killeen Police Investigate a Motorcycle Fatality on Old FM 440 Road

Killeen, TX (November 18, 2025): Killeen Police are investigating the death of a 50-year-old motorcycle operator.

On Monday, November 17, 2025, at approximately 6:54 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of Old FM 440 Road and Pershing Drive in reference to a crash involving a motorcycle. Upon arrival, officers located a male lying in the roadway. He was immediately transported by Killeen EMS/Fire Department to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in critical condition.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a black and white motorcycle was traveling westbound on Pershing Drive at a high rate of speed. The operator attempted to stop at the posted stop sign, however, due to his speed, he was unable to do so. The rider laid the motorcycle down just before entering the intersection, at which point a gray sedan traveling northbound on Old FM 440 Road, struck both the motorcycle and the rider in the intersection.

The motorcyclist, Edwin Cruzado Arce, of Killeen, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Gregory Johnson at 7:43 p.m. He ordered an autopsy to be performed at the at the Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas.

The investigation further revealed that the motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet. The occupants of the sedan 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