UPDATE – PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria County Coroner’s office has identified the victim of a fatal motorcycle accident in Peoria.
The accident occurred around 2:25 a.m. Saturday near Main and Crescent Streets.
The driver and lone occupant of the motorcycle, Cody Graham, 25, of Streator was pronounced dead at 10:59 a.m. Saturday at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.
An autopsy revealed Graham, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered severe blunt force head trauma and other blunt force trauma injuries causing his death. Toxicology results are pending.
The accident remains under investigation.
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PEORIA, Ill. – One man is dead following a motorcycle accident near downtown Peoria.
Peoria police responded to the area of Main and Crescent Streets around 2:25 a.m. Saturday.
Information gathered at the scene indicated the motorcycle was traveling on Main Street and failed to negotiate a left turn near the top of Main Street hill. The motorcycle left the road and traveled across a sidewalk into an adjacent parking lot.
Sgt. Amy Dotson said the driver was thrown from the motorcycle and suffered significant trauma. The man was transported to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.
The identity of the victim will be released by the Peoria County Coroner’s Office following an autopsy.
The accident remains under investigation.
