UPDATE (December 16, 2021):
The Allen County Coroner’s Office has identified a man killed in a crash Tuesday afternoon at Clinton Street and Washington Center Road, close to Bishop Dwenger High School.
Fort Wayne police responded just before 3:30 p.m. on reports of the crash involving a motorcycle and a sedan.
Officers reported that the motorcycle was unable to stop when the sedan pulled out. The coroner said the bike’s operator, Joshua Logan, was driving too fast at the time of the crash.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office released the following on Wednesday:
On December 14, 2021, the Allen County Coroner’s Office was contacted by a local hospital and advised of the death
of Joshua Logan Sunday, a male, white, age 44, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Joshua Logan Sunday was the operator of a motorcycle traveling southbound in the 5500 block of North Clinton Street at an unsafe speed, when a vehicle exited a private drive to turn left in front of him causing a collision. The Three Rivers Ambulance Authority transported him to a local hospital where death was pronounced shortly after arrival.
Cause of Death has been determined to be Multiple Blunt Force Injuries Due to Motorcycle Versus a Motor Vehicle Crash and the Manner of Death is Accident.
Joshua Logan Sunday is the 44th traffic fatality for Fort Wayne and Allen County in 2021.
The incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
ORIGINAL STORY:
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say that a man is has died following a crash Tuesday afternoon at Clinton Street and Washington Center Road, close to Bishop Dwenger High School.
Fort Wayne police responded just before 3:30 p.m. on reports of the crash involving a motorcycle and a sedan.
FWPD officials released the following:
On December 14th, 2021, at approximately 3:21 pm officers with the FWPD responded to a vehicle collision, motorcycle versus a sedan. Upon police arrival they discovered the adult male driver was thrown from the motorcycle and sustained life-threatening injuries. The motorcycle driver was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. While at the hospital he was pronounced deceased by medical staff a short time later. The driver of the sedan vehicle did not sustain any injuries.
From the preliminary investigation, the motorcycle was traveling south bound on Clinton St at a high rate of speed. As the motorcycle was coming to the entrance of Dwenger High School, the sedan pulled out from the entrance to travel north bound on Clinton St. The motorcycle could not stop in time and collided with the sedan. The sedan was occupied by an adult male driver and juvenile in the rear passenger seat. Neither occupant of the sedan suffered injuries.
The Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) investigators made the scene and were processing all evidence and conducting measurements for impact analysis. North bound Clinton St was closed during the investigation. Investigators were also canvassing for witnesses and cameras in the area that may have seen or recorded the accident. The cause and manner of death will be released by the Coroner’s office at a later date. This incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department, Coroner’s Office, and the Prosecutor’s Office.
