LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A motorcyclist is dead after a fatal collision on I-64.
Around 6:45 a.m. Friday, Louisville Metro Police responded to a motor vehicle collision on I-64 westbound near the Payne St. overpass.
Police say 40-year-old Cordero Battles was traveling westbound on I-64 at a high rate of speed. As the motorcycle entered the curve, Battles lost control, left the roadway, and came to rest in the median.
LMPD says EMS was called to the scene and transported Battles, and sole occupant, to UofL Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after.
LMPD’s Traffic Unit is handling the investigation.
No other vehicles were involved in this collision.
This deadly accident comes after another motorcyclist was killed in a crash in the Algonquin neighborhood on Thursday night.
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