Motorcyclist Killed in Early Morning Crash

ABILENE, TX –– A motorcyclist is dead after a major crash occurred early Thursday morning in Abilene.

According to the Abilene Police Department, at approximately 2:00 a.m. officers were dispatched to the 2100 block of North 6th Street for reports of a major motor vehicle crash.

When officers arrived at the scene, they learned a 2013 Kymco motorcycle was traveling east on N. 6th Street when the driver struck a poured concrete median.

The motorcyclist, identified as 36-year-old Walter Marion Price III, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to APD, Price was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.