The fatality victim in an accident at 18th and Washington in Junction City Thursday has been identified by police as a 40-year old Fort Riley soldier, Benjamin Locke.

Jeff Childs, JCPD Detective Lieutenant, reported the Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Locke was involved in a collision with an automobile. “Well we know the officers responded to an injury accident there at 18th and Washington Streets involving a motorcycle and a Toyota car. From interviewing witnesses it appeared the car turned in front of the motorcycle, causing the accident.”

Locke was transported from the scene of the accident to Geary Community Hospital where he was declared deceased from his injuries. The driver of the Toyota Camry automobile, a rural Geary County woman, was not injured.

Childs confirmed pending the autopsy and remainder of the investigation, that the accident will be reviewed by the Geary County Attorney’s Office to determine if any charges might be filed. He also noted because it was a fatality police always do an investigation.