Separate traffic fatalities claimed the lives of two motorcyclists late Saturday and shut down stretches of Interstate 465 eastbound and Interstate 70 for several hours,Byers was involved in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident that occurred at I-465 eastbound near East Street on the south side of Indianapolis, police said in a news release. Emergency dispatchers received information about the crash at approximately 7:15 p.m.
Hours later in Hancock County, emergency crews responded around 11:59 p.m. to a multi-vehicle accident in the eastbound lanes of I-70 near mile marker 97, the press release said. Webster was ejected into the left lane, where an eastbound car struck him and the motorcycle. A semi-tractor trailer struck the motorcycle shortly after, causing the motorcycle and eventually the semi-trailer to catch on fire. The driver of the semi-tractor trailer escaped before the fire.