Little Rock police were investigating a fatal wreck in which a motorcycle collided with an 18-wheeler Monday afternoon, authorities said.
The department wrote on Twitter shortly after 6 p.m. that officers were at the scene of a fatal crash at Baseline Road and Interstate 30 Frontage Road and recommended that drivers take an alternate route because of lane closures.
Little Rock police spokesman officer Eric Barnes said the 18-wheeler was making a left turn to go west on Baseline Road when the motorcycle, which was headed east on the road, collided with the bed of the truck. The rider was fatally injured in the crash, Barnes said.
No one else was hurt in the wreck, the spokesman said.
Police were called to an "accident with injury" in that area at 5:19 p.m., according to a dispatch log.
Authorities did not identify the people involved in the crash, but they said the truck driver and motorcyclist were both male.
Barnes said a crash reconstructionist was at the scene around 7 p.m. and that authorities were contacting the rider's next of kin.
Metro on 01/15/2019