EAST PEORIA, Ill. – Tazewell County authorities have identified the victim from a fatal motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon in East Peoria.
Coroner Charles Hanley says 40-year-old Bobbie Neltner of Washington was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at 5:41 P.M.
The crash occurred in the area of U.S. Route 24 and College Drive, at around 4:44 P.M. Authorities say witnesses reported the motorcycle was traveling at a high-rate of speed on westbound U.S. 24, when Neltner lost control and drove off the road and into a grassy area. He was then ejected from the motorcycle and landed in a wooded area.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
Hanley says an autopsy revealed that Neltner suffered multiple blunt force injuries as a result of the crash. Toxicology testing is pending.
The East Peoria Police Department and the Tazewell County Coroner’s Office continue to investigate.
