UPDATE:
The Fayette County coroner has identified the person who died following a crash as 29-year-old Brandon Mayle-George.
The location of the crash was identified as Leestown Road and Chestnut Ridge Drive.
Complications from multiple blunt force injuries has been determined as the cause of death. It has been ruled an accident.
The incident is under investigation by the Lexington Police Department.
ORIGINAL:
A motorcyclist is dead and parts of a busy Lexington road are shut down Friday evening due to a crash.
The crash happened at the intersection of Leestown Road and Lucille Drive. Police say a car collided with a motorcycle that was heading outbound on Leestown.
The motorcyclist was transported to the hospital and later pronounced dead.
A Crash Reconstruction Unit is on the scene investigating.
Parts of Leestown Road are still closed as of 7 p.m.
Police ask drivers to avoid the area while investigation is underway.
