SAN ANGELO, TX — Texas DPS identified the motorcyclist killed Tuesday, April 9, 2024, on US 87 towards Wall.
According to the DPS, the motorcyclist was driving behind a 2005 Freightliner towing a semi-trailer. The motorcyclist failed to control his speed and crashed into the semi-trailer from behind as the truck driver slowed to turn off the highway onto Brodax Ln.
The motorcyclist was driving a 2020 KTM 1290DGT motorbike.
Killed was Nicholas Denmar Johnson, 45, of Aurora, Colorado. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Tom Green County Pct 1 Justice of the Peace Susan Werner.
The truck driver, 58-year-old Olegario Valdez of San Angelo, was uninjured.
The crash happened at 3:10 p.m. on U.S. 87 at the Brodnax intersection. The skies were partly cloudy and the roadways dry.
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