For Immediate Release

August 20, 2021

Single Vehicle Motorcycle Crash

Date:  08/20/2021                   

Time:  11:27 PM 

Location:  2600 Sandpoint Road 

Details: 

On Friday, 08/20/2021, at approximately 1128 AM, the City of Fort Wayne Police Department responded to the area of 2600 Block of Sandpoint Road reference a motorcycle crash with injuries. Officers arrived on scene and observed a motorcycle off the West side of the roadway and an unconscious male, adult pinned under the motorcycle. The male was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Preliminary information indicates the motorcycle was traveling Westbound on Sandpoint Road when it lost control, leaving the roadway. Investigators reported alcohol and excessive speed appear to be contributing factors in the crash.

Sandpoint Road, between Genesee Avenue and Monmouth Avenue, will remain closed to all traffic while Crash Investigators process the scene. This incident remains under investigation by the City of Fort Wayne Police Department.

Officer Anthony Krock
Public Information Officer
City of Fort Wayne Police Department