The West Palm Beach Police Department and Traffic Homicide Unit investigators are looking into a deadly crash involving a motorcycle and a pedestrian crossing the street near downtown West Palm Beach Saturday night.
Police say the call came in at 8:45 p.m.
A 69-year-old man from Miami was struck while crossing Australian Avenue. He later died on thr scene.
The motorcyclist, a 27-year-old from West Palm Beach, was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center with critical injuries.
Southbound Australian Avenue was closed from Banyan Boulevard to the Okeechobee Boulevard overpass and re-opened just after 1 a.m. on Sunday.
Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be a factor in the crash.
Police say the investigation is open, and criminal charges are pending.
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Source: wptv
