FWPD: One in life-threatening condition following motorcycle crash near downtown Wednesday

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) shares that one person is in life-threatening condition after a motorcycle crashed near downtown Wednesday evening.

FWPD says officers were dispatched to a crash near South Clinton Street and East Brackenridge Street around 6:30 p.m.

When officers arrived on the scene, they say they found a motorcycle and rider on the southwest corner of a private property near the intersection.

The motorcyclist, who was wearing a helmet, was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

FWPD says speed is believed to be a factor.

The crash remains under investigation.

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