South Bend man killed when motorcycle hits semitrailer

EAGLE, Neb. (AP) - A 47-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash involving a semitrailer in eastern Nebraska.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office tells the Lincoln Journal Star (https://bit.ly/2tV17r9 ) that the crash happened around 9 a.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 43.

Investigators say Chris Badman, of South Bend, was driving his motorcycle northbound when he hit a loaded flatbed semitrailer as it turned left.

Badman was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation into the crash continues.

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The story has been corrected to show the crash happened at 9 a.m. Friday, not 9 p.m.

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Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, https://www.journalstar.com