A 33-year-old motorcyclists from Illiopolis is dead after his cycle crashed into a pickup truck Sunday on Old Route 36.
The 19-year-old driver of the truck told police he looked both ways at an intersection and did not see any traffic coming, so he pulled out onto the roadway.
The Motorcycle struck the front end of the truck, ejecting the cyclist, who was not wearing a helmet. He died a short time later at memorial medical center.
The 19-year-old truck driver was issued several citations.