A 59-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a car crash about midnight Wednesday on Tucson's south side, police say.
Joe Don Harwell was riding a black 2023 Harley Davidson motorcycle east on East Valencia Road when he collided with a car making a left turn onto South Tucson Boulevard, police said Wednesday in a news release.
The driver, an unidentified 18-year-old man, had been traveling west on Valencia prior to making the turn, the release said. The driver was not impaired, stayed at the scene and cooperated with police, the release said.
Harwell, who was to wearing a helmet but did have the proper motorcycle endorsement, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators were still trying to determine the phase of the lights at the intersection at the time of the wreck. The investigation continues.
