URBANA — Deputies of the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office report an Urbana man was killed in a crash Wednesday morning involving his motorcycle and a car.Motorcyclist Dallas Michael Bowles, 50, was transported to Mercy Hospital in Urbana, where he was pronounced dead.
The Champaign County 911 Center received a call of a traffic crash involving a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle at approximately 6:04 a.m. in the 8500 block of east U.S. Route 36. Deputies, along with the North Lewisburg and Mechanicsburg Fire/EMS Departments, immediately responded.
Upon arrival, deputies said preliminary investigation showed that a 2007 Honda motorcycle operated by Bowles was eastbound on U.S. 36 when it struck the side of a 2015 Honda Accord that was exiting a driveway and traveling onto U.S. 36.
The driver of the Accord, whose name has not yet been released by deputies, did not sustain any visible injuries.
The accident is still under investigation by the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office and the Champaign County Coroner’s Office.