Separate traffic fatalities claimed the lives of two motorcyclists late Saturday and shut down stretches of Interstate 465 eastbound and Interstate 70 for several hours.
Separate traffic fatalities claimed the lives of two motorcyclists late Saturday and shut down stretches of Interstate 465 eastbound and Interstate 70 for several hours,Byers was involved in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident that occurred at I-465 eastbound near East Street on the south side of Indianapolis, police said in a news release. Emergency dispatchers received information about the crash at approximately 7:15 p.m.
Hours later in Hancock County, emergency crews responded around 11:59 p.m. to a multi-vehicle accident in the eastbound lanes of I-70 near mile marker 97, the press release said. Webster was ejected into the left lane, where an eastbound car struck him and the motorcycle. A semi-tractor trailer struck the motorcycle shortly after, causing the motorcycle and eventually the semi-trailer to catch on fire. The driver of the semi-tractor trailer escaped before the fire.