Police have identified the motorcyclist killed in Wednesday's crash on Tucson's east side.Β
According to Tucson police, the motorcyclist was identified as 35-year-oldΒ Noah J. Duke.Β
Shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday, Tucson police were dispatched to the intersection of North Wilmot Road and North El Dorado Place, near Speedway, for a motorcycle crash.Β
Tucson Fire also responded to the call and took Duke to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. He died shortly after, according to a news release from the Tucson Police Department.
According to interviews by officers and detectives, Duke was riding a white 2008 Suzuki motorcycle north on Wilmot from Speedway. Witnesses said he was driving at a high rate of speed, the release shows.
A gold 1998 Mercedes Benz was driving south on Wilmot and was making a left turn to go east on El Dorado Place. Duke collided with the front passenger side of the Mercedes, police say.
Duke was wearing a helmet.Β
The driver of the Mercedes stopped her vehicle east of the intersection and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.Β
Officials say impairment was not a factor in the crash.Β
The investigation is ongoing and no arrests or citations have been made.
