Coroner identifies victim of fatal motorcycle collision that shut down busy Lexington road
A motorcyclist died after a crash on Leestown Road in Lexington Friday afternoon.
The Fayette County coroner’s office said Brandon Mayle-George, 29, of Lexington was pronounced dead as a result of complications from blunt force injuries at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital at 5:50 p.m.
Lexington police Lt. Thomasena Grider said police were called to Leestown Road at Chestnut Ridge Drive at 4:54 p.m. A passenger car had entered Leestown Road from Lucille Drive and collided with a motorcycle that was outbound on Leestown, she said.
Grider said Leestown Road was shut down between White Oak Trace and Robinson Way. The road had reopened by about 8 p.m.
Mayle-George was married and had a 1-year-old son, according to the webpage for a GoFundMe account set up to help his family.
It was the second fatal wreck involving a motorcycle in two days in Fayette County.
Lexington police and the Fayette County coroner’s office said a motorcyclist, 20-year-old Jerry Creech, died after a hit-and-run collision at South Broadway and Angliana Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
This story was originally published September 15, 2023 at 10:43 PM.
