A Boone County man was killed Wednesday night in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 75, Kentucky State Police said.

Max E. Calhoun, 56, of Union was pronounced dead at Saint Elizabeth Grant in Williamstown.

Calhoun was riding a 2005 Honda Gold Wing north on I-75 when the bike left the road and struck an embankment, a state police news release said.

Calhoun was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, which happened at mile marker 143, 13 miles north of Georgetown.

Kerr Brothers Funeral Home in Lexington is handling arrangements.