According Facebook post by Fairfield police, a motorcyclist died on Wednesday night in an accident that happened at approximately 8:05 p.m. close to the intersection of First Street and West Texas Street in Fairfield when.
The preliminary report stated that a car was going east on West Texas, while the motorcyclist was going west on West Texas Street, near a Circle K gas station when the car going the other way tried to make a left turn in front of him then they collided.
The motorcyclist was thrown off the motorcycle as the car crossed into the center lane to turn left into the Circle K driveway, according to the police.
At the scene of the accident, the motorcyclist was declared dead. He had been identified as Robert McPherson, age 63.
According to authorities, the 68-year-old driver of the vehicle stayed on the scene and assisted with the investigation.
Police claimed that after being tested for both drugs and alcohol, neither was thought to have had a role in the collision.
There were no other passengers in the unnamed driver’s car, and he was unharmed.
Overnight, the collision shut down West Texas Street between Gregory Lane and Pennsylvania Avenue for a number of hours. it has reopened.
