MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A 16-year-old from Valders is dead after a crash between a pickup truck and a motorcycle.
The Manitowoc Police Department says Christopher Barlament was headed east on the 3800 block of Calumet Avenue in Manitowoc around 10:30 Saturday morning.
That’s when a 70-year-old Valders man driving a pickup truck turned left, into the path of the motorcycle.
Barlament was taken to the hospital for his injuries, where he died soon after he arrived.
He was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The driver of the pickup truck was not hurt.
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On Saturday, at 10:30 AM, responders from the Manitowoc Police Department and Manitowoc Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a pickup truck versus a motorcycle accident in the 3800 block of Calumet Avenue.
Witnesses told officers upon their arrival that a 2002 GMC pickup truck, being operated by a 70-year-old male from Valders, was westbound on Calumet Avenue, while a 2001 Kawasaki motorcycle, operated by a 16-year-old male, also from Valders, was eastbound in the same block of Calumet Avenue, when the pickup truck turned left into the path of the motorcycle.
The 16-year-old motorcyclist was taken to Holy Family Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.
The operator of the pickup truck was uninjured.
The Wisconsin State Patrol assisted with a reconstruction of the accident scene, while the Manitowoc Police Department drone was used to take video and still photographs of the scene to assist with the investigation.
The investigation into the accident is on-going. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Police Department Shift Commander at 686-6551.
