PEORIA, Ill. — We’re learning more about a fatal motorcycle crash in Peoria over the Memorial Day weekend.
According to a news release from Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood’s office, the Peoria Police Department was called out for a single vehicle motorcycle crash around 9:15 p.m. Saturday
It happened in a neighborhood across the interstate from Northwoods Mall in the 3900 North Saymore Lane near North Laramie Street.
Harwood says the 49-year-old crash victim died roughly 24 hours later, following “aggressive treatment and care” at OSF Healthcare.
Paramedics had rushed the man to the hospital with critical injuries.
That motorcyclist is identified as Harold O. Walters of East McClure Avenue in Peoria.
The coroner says Walters suffered severe blunt force head trauma due to the collision.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation by the Peoria Police Department.
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