{"id":88196,"date":"2022-07-05T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/juneau-man-dies-in-motorcycle-crash\/"},"modified":"2022-07-06T11:42:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T19:42:17","slug":"juneau-man-dies-in-motorcycle-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/juneau-man-dies-in-motorcycle-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Juneau man dies in motorcycle crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Juneau man operating a motorcycle died Tuesday evening after striking a tour bus that was making a left turn downtown.<\/p>\n

Cramer Marquez Sexton, 48, was pronounced dead on the scene by emergency personnel after being involved in a crash at Egan Drive and Whittier Street.<\/p>\n

Police received a call at 5:44 p.m. that a crash had occurred between a motorcycle driving outbound on Egan Drive and a tour bus turning left onto Whittier Street as it headed inbound on Egan Drive, said Lt. Krag Campbell in a news release. Witnesses reported Sexton was dead.<\/p>\n

Witnesses in the preliminary investigation said that Sexton, traveling at a high rate of speed in the left-hand lane of Egan Drive, struck the side of the bus as it turned, Campbell said. The bus, operated by Glacier Express, was being driven by a 66-year-old Juneau man, who police did not identify.<\/p>\n

The occupants of the bus were uninjured during the crash, Campbell said. Officers shut down outbound lanes of Egan Drive while conducting the preliminary crash investigation, Campbell said.<\/p>\n

Sexton’s body will be flown to the medical examiner’s office in Anchorage for autopsy, Campbell said, as the JPD investigation into the crash continues.<\/p>\n

• Contact reporter Michael S. Lockett at 757-621-1197 or mlockett@juneauempire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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