Tulsa - A Broken Arrow man was killed early Tuesday morning after a
motorcycle accident on Highway 169 near 81st Street.
Witnesses say the cyclist was going faster than 100 miles per hour when he
crashed into the back of a semi truck between 81st and 91st Street at about
one o'clock Tuesday morning.
Investigators say evidence shows the cyclist was going about 120 miles per
hour at the time of the impact. It took the truck driver more than a
quarter of a mile to come to a stop. When he did, he stepped out of his rig
and found the motorcyclist dead at the back of the truck.
'The truck driver was not hurt,' says Captain Matt Kirkland. 'He said that
the impact was so strong that he thought he was hit from behind by another
truck.'
Officers said there was no indication that drugs or alcohol played a factor
in the accident.
